English
impressionless
Impressionless 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
- Englishtodayimpressionless
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
- Englishtodayimpressionless
A compound of impression + -less
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, 33 more
through Proto-Italic *pres-
pressure, express, depression, oppression, compression, suppression, depressive, compress, depress, repress, 34 more
through Latin premō ‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress,…’
press, pregnant, imprint, sprain, reprimand, 44 more
through Latin imprimō ‘to press, impress’
imprimatur, impressionable, 27 more
through English impression
Today it means
adj unimpressed or unaffected
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin premō / impressionless