Where does “exempresario” come from?
exempresario (Spanish) comes from Spanish empresario, from Spanish empresa, from Italian impresa, from Italian imprendere, from Latin imprehendere, from Latin prehendō, from Proto-Italic *praiɣendō, from Proto-Italic prai- — passed , crossed.
exempresario (Spanish): former businessman
Definitions
- former businessman
Ancestry of “exempresario”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | empresario | businessman; entrepreneur; contractor |
| 2 | Spanish | empresa | company; enterprise; task, undertaking |
| 3 | Italian | impresa | enterprise, undertaking, exploit, feat,... |
| 4 | Italian | imprendere | To undertake, or embark upon something |
| 5 | Latin | imprehendere | present active infinitive of *imprehendō |
| 6 | Latin | prehendō | to lay hold of, seize, grasp, grab, snatch, take, catch |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *praiɣendō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |