Where does “empresa” come from?
empresa (Spanish) comes from Italian impresa, from Italian imprendere, from Latin imprehendere, from Latin prehendō, from Proto-Italic *praiɣendō, from Proto-Italic prai-, from Proto-Indo-European preh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
empresa (Spanish): company; enterprise; task, undertaking
Definitions
- company; enterprise; task, undertaking
Ancestry of “empresa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | impresa | enterprise, undertaking, exploit, feat,... |
| 2 | Italian | imprendere | To undertake, or embark upon something |
| 3 | Latin | imprehendere | present active infinitive of *imprehendō |
| 4 | Latin | prehendō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *praiɣendō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | prai- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “empresa”