English
impressionably
Impressionably comes from French impressionnable ‘impressionable’, and goes back to Latin premō ‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress,…’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpremō‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimprimō‘to press, impress’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpressiōnem
- Frenchc. 1600–presentimpression‘an impression, the overall effect of something’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentimpressionner‘to impress, to wow, to awe’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentimpressionnable‘impressionable’
- English1500–presentimpressionable
- Englishtodayimpressionably
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpremō‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimprimō‘to press, impress’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpressiōnem
- Frenchc. 1600–presentimpression‘an impression, the overall effect of something’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentimpressionner‘to impress, to wow, to awe’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentimpressionnable‘impressionable’
- English1500–presentimpressionable
- Englishtodayimpressionably
A compound of impressionable + -ly
Latin premō ‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress,…’
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Latin impressiōnem
French impression ‘an impression, the overall effect of something’
French impressionner ‘to impress, to wow, to awe’
French impressionnable
English impressionable
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pres- ‘to press’
first, expression, frist, 34 more
through Proto-Italic *pres-
pressure, express, depression, oppression, compression, suppression, depressive, compress, depress, repress, 35 more
through Latin premō ‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress,…’
press, pregnant, imprint, sprain, reprimand, 45 more
through Latin imprimō ‘to press, impress’
Today it means
adv In an impressionable manner.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin premō / impressionably