Etymograph

English

impressional

Impressional comes from Latin impressiō ‘push, thrust, assault, onslaught’, from imprimō ‘to press, impress’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pres-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pres-1‘to press’uncertain
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pres-1uncertain
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpremō1‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimprimō1‘to press, impress’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpressiō1‘push, thrust, assault, onslaught’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400impression1
  7. English1500–presentimpression1
  8. Englishtodayimpressional1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English impressional

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pres-Wiktionary, English impressional‘to press’uncertain
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pres-Wiktionary, English impressionaluncertain
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpremōWiktionary, English impressional‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimprimōWiktionary, English impressional‘to press, impress’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpressiōWiktionary, English impressional‘push, thrust, assault, onslaught’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400impressionWiktionary, English impressional
  7. English1500–presentimpressionWiktionary, English impressional
  8. EnglishtodayimpressionalWiktionary, English impressional

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *pres- ‘to press’

first, expression, frist, 35 more

through Proto-Italic *pres-

pressure, express, depression, oppression, compression, suppression, depressive, compress, depress, repress, 36 more

through Latin premō ‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress,…’

press, pregnant, imprint, sprain, reprimand, 46 more

through Latin imprimō ‘to press, impress’

imprimatur, 29 more

Today it means

adj Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of an impression.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “impressional”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pres- / impressional

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