Etymology

impressionism

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Today it means: An art movement characterized by visible brushstrokes, ordinary subject matter, and an emphasis on light and its changing qualities. Full definition →

French impressionnisme ← Latin impressiōnem ← Proto-Italic *pres-
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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. Latinimpressiōnem
  11. Frenchimpression
  12. Frenchimpressionnisme
  13. English todayimpressionism

From French impressionnisme.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.