Etymology

impressional

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of an impression. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English impression ← Old French impression
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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*pres-
  7. Proto-Italic*pres-
  8. Latinpremō
  9. Latinimprimō
  10. Latinimpressiō
  11. Old Frenchimpression
  12. Englishimpression
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  15. English todayimpressional

From impression + -al.

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