Etymology

underimpress

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Today it means: To impress less than expected; to disappoint, to underwhelm. Full definition →

English impress ← Middle English impressen ← Latin impressus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  13. Proto-Italic*en
  14. Proto-Italic*en-
  15. Latinin-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*per-?
  17. Proto-Indo-European*pres-
  18. Proto-Italic*pres-
  19. Latinpremō
  20. Latinimprimō
  21. Latinimpressus
  22. Middle Englishimpressen
  23. Englishimpress
  24. English todayunderimpress

From under- + impress.

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