Etymology

postimpressionist

Today it means: Of or pertaining to postimpressionism. Full definition →

English impressionist ← French impressionniste ← Latin impressiōnem
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  8. Proto-Italic*en
  9. Proto-Italic*en-
  10. Latinin-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*per-?
  12. Proto-Indo-European*pres-
  13. Proto-Italic*pres-
  14. Latinpremō
  15. Latinimprimō
  16. Latinimpressiōnem
  17. Frenchimpression
  18. Frenchimpressionniste
  19. Englishimpressionist
  20. English todaypostimpressionist

From post- + impressionist.

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