Etymograph

English

self-impose

From self- + impose.

Formed from self- + impose

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-

Proto-Germanic *selbaz ‘self’

Proto-Germanic *selba-

English self-

Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to cultivate’

Middle French imposer

Middle English imposen ‘to place, set’

English impose

Today it means

verb To voluntarily impose on oneself.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / self-impose