Etymology

impressionistically

Today it means: In an impressionistic manner. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English impressionistic
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  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. Frenchimpressionniste
  13. Englishimpressionist
  14. Latinimpressiō
  15. Old Frenchimpression
  16. Englishimpression
  17. Englishimpressionistic
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  20. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  21. Proto-Germanic*līką
  22. English todayimpressionistically

From impressionistic + -ally.

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