Etymology

imprinted

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Today it means: Stamped or impressed. Full definition →

English imprint ← Middle English emprinten ← Old French empreinter
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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. Latinimprimere
  10. Old Frenchempreindre
  11. Old Frenchempreinter
  12. Middle Englishemprinten
  13. Englishimprint
  14. English todayimprinted

From imprint + -ed.

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