English
impressionist
Impressionist comes from French impressionniste ‘impressionist (painter)’, 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–presentimpressionniste‘impressionist (painter)’
- Englishearliest quotation 2022impressionist
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–presentimpressionniste‘impressionist (painter)’
- Englishearliest quotation 2022impressionist
Earliest quotation: 2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties: “When impressionists (and especially lazy impressionists) delivered their comedic…”
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
noun One who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin premō / impressionist