English
imprompt
Imprompt comes from Latin imprōmptus ‘unready, hesitating’, from prōmptus ‘ready’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-‘to take’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁émetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō‘to take’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemō‘to buy, purchase’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōmō‘to take or bring out or forth, produce, bring to light’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōmptus‘ready’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimprōmptus‘unready, hesitating’
- Englishearliest quotation 1759imprompt
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-‘to take’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁émetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō‘to take’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemō‘to buy, purchase’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōmō‘to take or bring out or forth, produce, bring to light’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōmptus‘ready’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEimprōmptus‘unready, hesitating’
- Englishearliest quotation 1759imprompt
Earliest quotation: 1759, Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy: “Nothing, I think, in nature, can be supposed more…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take’
exempt, pommel, pomade, 55 more
through Proto-Italic *emō ‘to take’
assume, presume, sumptuous, 46 more
through Latin emō ‘to buy, purchase’
consumer, premium, resume, consume, assumption, redeem, redemption, ransom, exemption, résumé, consumable, preemption, overconsumption, emptor, 41 more
through Latin prōmptus ‘ready’
Today it means
adj Not prompt; delayed.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- / imprompt