Etymology

unimpressionability

Today it means: The quality of not being impressionable. Full definition →

English impressionability ← Old French impression ← Latin impressiō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  9. Proto-Italic*en
  10. Proto-Italic*en-
  11. Latinin-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*per-?
  13. Proto-Indo-European*pres-
  14. Proto-Italic*pres-
  15. Latinpremō
  16. Latinimprimō
  17. Latinimpressiō
  18. Old Frenchimpression
  19. Englishimpression
  20. Englishimpressionability
  21. English todayunimpressionability

From un- + impressionability.

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