Etymograph

English

impressibly

Impressibly comes from English impressible.

  1. English1500–presentimpressible
  2. Englishtodayimpressibly

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentimpressible
  2. Englishtodayimpressibly

A compound of impressible + -ly

Latin premō ‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress,…’

Latin imprimō ‘to press, impress’

Latin impressus ‘pressed, printed, imprinted, stamped, impressed’

Middle English impressen

English impress

English impressible

Today it means

adv In an impressible manner.

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

Etymograph / English impressible / impressibly