English
impressional
Impressional comes from Latin impressiō ‘push, thrust, assault, onslaught’, from imprimō ‘to press, impress’, and ultimately from premō.
- 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 CEimpressiō‘push, thrust, assault, onslaught’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400impression
- English1500–presentsame form
- Englishtodayimpressional
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 CEimpressiō‘push, thrust, assault, onslaught’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400impression
- English1500–presentsame form
- Englishtodayimpressional
A compound of impression + -al
Latin premō ‘to press’
Latin imprimō ‘to press, impress’
Latin impressiō
Old French impression
English impression
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pres- ‘to press’
first, expression, frist, 35 more
through Proto-Italic *pres-
pressure, express, depression, oppression, compression, suppression, depressive, compress, depress, repress, 36 more
through Latin premō ‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress,…’
press, pregnant, imprint, sprain, reprimand, 46 more
through Latin imprimō ‘to press, impress’
Today it means
adj Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of an impression.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin premō / impressional