Etymology

nonimpressionist

Today it means: Not of or pertaining to the impressionist movement in art. Full definition →

English impressionist ← French impressionniste ← Latin impressiōnem
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  15. Proto-Italic*en
  16. Proto-Italic*en-
  17. Latinin-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*per-?
  19. Proto-Indo-European*pres-
  20. Proto-Italic*pres-
  21. Latinpremō
  22. Latinimprimō
  23. Latinimpressiōnem
  24. Frenchimpression
  25. Frenchimpressionniste
  26. Englishimpressionist
  27. English todaynonimpressionist

From non- + impressionist.

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