Etymology

afterimpression

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English impression ← Old French impression ← Latin impressiō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep(o)teros
  4. Proto-Germanic*after
  5. Old Englishæfter
  6. Middle Englishafter
  7. Englishafter
  8. Old Englishæfter
  9. Old Englishæfter-
  10. Middle Englishafter-
  11. Englishafter-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  13. Proto-Italic*en
  14. Proto-Italic*en-
  15. Latinin-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*per-?
  17. Proto-Indo-European*pres-
  18. Proto-Italic*pres-
  19. Latinpremō
  20. Latinimprimō
  21. Latinimpressiō
  22. Old Frenchimpression
  23. Englishimpression
  24. English todayafterimpression

From after- + impression.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.