Etymograph

English

impresario

Impresario comes from Italian impresario ‘manager, producer, impresario’, from impresa ‘enterprise, undertaking, exploit, feat,…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- ‘to find’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰed-‘to find’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰnédtireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hendō‘to hold’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*praiɣendōreconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprehendere
  6. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*imprehendere‘undertake’reconstructed
  7. Italianc. 1300–presentimprenderedeverb.
  8. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentimpresa‘enterprise, undertaking, exploit, feat, endeavour/endeavor’
  9. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentimpresario‘manager, producer, impresario’
  10. Englishtodayimpresario

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰed-‘to find’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰnédtireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hendō‘to hold’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*praiɣendōreconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprehendere
  6. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*imprehendere‘undertake’reconstructed
  7. Italianc. 1300–presentimprenderedeverb.
  8. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentimpresa‘enterprise, undertaking, exploit, feat, endeavour/endeavor’
  9. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentimpresario‘manager, producer, impresario’
  10. Englishtodayimpresario

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- ‘to find’

yet, guess, prey, predator, apprehend, predation, reprieve, beget, impregnable, prehensile, 30 more

through Proto-Italic *hendō ‘to hold’

prisoner, imprison, 12 more

through Proto-Italic *praiɣendō

prison, surprise, prize, comprehensive, apprentice, comprehend, comprise, comprehension, apprehensive, reprehensible, apprehension, 14 more

Today it means

noun A manager or producer in the entertainment industry, especially music or theatre.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- / impresario

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