Etymology

impressment

im·press·ment
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Today it means: The act of seizing for public use; impressing into public service, especially military service and (most often) naval service. Full definition →

English impress ← Middle English impressen ← Latin impressus
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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. Latinimpressus
  11. Middle Englishimpressen
  12. Englishimpress
  13. English todayimpressment

From impress + -ment.

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