Etymology

imprinter

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Today it means: A device that imprints. 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*pres-
  6. Proto-Italic*pres-
  7. Latinpremō
  8. Latinimprimere
  9. Old Frenchempreindre
  10. Old Frenchempreinter
  11. Middle Englishemprinten
  12. Englishimprint
  13. English todayimprinter

From imprint + -er.

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