Where does “impresionante” come from?
impresionante (Spanish) comes from Spanish impresionar, from Spanish impresión, from Latin impressio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
impresionante (Spanish): impressive
Definitions
- impressive
Ancestry of “impresionante”, step by step
impresionante traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish impresionar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | impresionar | to impress; to make an impression on |
| 2 | Spanish | impresión | impression; print |
| 3 | Latin | impressio | push, thrust, assault, onslaught; squashing;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Spanish ante
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | ante | in front of, before; against, compared to; elk |
| 2 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |