English
impressiveness
From impressive + -ness.
A compound of impress + -ive + impressive
Proto-Indo-European *pres- ‘to press’
Proto-Italic *pres-
Latin premō ‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm’
Latin imprimō ‘to press, impress’
Latin impressus ‘pressed, printed, imprinted, stamped, impressed’
Middle English impressen
English impress
Proto-Indo-European *pres- ‘to press’
Proto-Italic *pres-
Latin premō ‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm’
Latin imprimō ‘to press, impress’
Latin impressus ‘pressed, printed, imprinted, stamped, impressed’
Middle English impressen
English impress
English impressive
Today it means
noun The quality of being impressive.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / impressiveness