English
impressionless
Impressionless comes from Latin impressiō ‘push, thrust, assault, onslaught’, from imprimō ‘to press, impress’, and ultimately from premō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpremō1‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimprimō1‘to press, impress’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpressiō1‘push, thrust, assault, onslaught’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400impression1
- English1500–presentimpression1
- Englishtodayimpressionless1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English impressionless
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpremōWiktionary, English impressionless‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimprimōWiktionary, English impressionless‘to press, impress’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpressiōWiktionary, English impressionless‘push, thrust, assault, onslaught’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400impressionWiktionary, English impressionless
- English1500–presentimpressionWiktionary, English impressionless
- EnglishtodayimpressionlessWiktionary, English impressionless
A compound of impression + -less
Latin premō ‘to press’
Latin imprimō ‘to press, impress’
Latin impressiō
Old French impression
English impression
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pres- ‘to press’
first, expression, frist, 33 more
through Proto-Italic *pres-
pressure, express, depression, oppression, compression, suppression, depressive, compress, depress, repress, 34 more
through Latin premō ‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress,…’
press, pregnant, imprint, sprain, reprimand, 44 more
through Latin imprimō ‘to press, impress’
imprimatur, impressionable, 27 more
through English impression
Today it means
adj unimpressed or unaffected
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “impressionless”. 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 / Latin premō / impressionless