Etymology

impresa

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Today it means: A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate etc. Full definition →

Italian impresa ← Vulgar Latin *imprehendere ← Latin prehendere
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  8. Proto-Italic*prai
  9. Proto-Italic*prai-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*gʰed-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*gʰnédti
  12. Proto-Italic*hendō
  13. Proto-Italic*praiɣendō
  14. Latinprehendere
  15. Vulgar Latin*imprehendere
  16. Italianimprenderedeverb.
  17. Italianimpresa
  18. English todayimpresa

Borrowed from Italian impresa.

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