English
impressibility
From impressible + -ity.
A compound of impress + impressible
Proto-Indo-European *pres- ‘to press’
Proto-Italic *pres-
Latin premō ‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm’
Latin imprimō ‘to press, impress’
Latin impressus ‘pressed, printed, imprinted, stamped, impressed’
Middle English impressen
English impress
Proto-Indo-European *pres- ‘to press’
Proto-Italic *pres-
Latin premō ‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm’
Latin imprimō ‘to press, impress’
Latin impressus ‘pressed, printed, imprinted, stamped, impressed’
Middle English impressen
English impress
English impressible
Today it means
noun The quality of being impressible.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / impressibility