Etymology

imprint

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Today it means: An impression; the mark left behind by printing something or by pressing on something, or the figurative counterpart of such a mark. Full definition →

Old French empreinte ← Latin imprimere ← Proto-Italic *pres-
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imprint · noun1

  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. Latinimprimere
  10. Old Frenchempreindre
  11. Old Frenchempreinte
  12. English todayimprint

From Old French empreinte, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere.

imprint · verb2

  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. Latinimprimere
  10. Old Frenchempreindre
  11. Old Frenchempreinter
  12. Middle Englishemprinten
  13. English todayimprint

From Middle English emprinten, enprinten, from Old French empreinter, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere.

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