English
imprimis
Imprimis comes from Latin imprimis ‘firstly’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimprimis‘firstly’
- Englishearliest quotation 1828same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimprimis‘firstly’
- Englishearliest quotation 1828same form
Earliest quotation: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology: “Imprimis, of a settle or arm-chair, which he plaited…”
Every English word from Latin imprimis
Today it means
adv In the first place (used to introduce a list of items or considerations).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin imprimis / imprimis