English
unimpression
Unimpression 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
- Englishtodayunimpression1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English unimpression
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpremōWiktionary, English unimpression‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimprimōWiktionary, English unimpression‘to press, impress’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEimpressiōWiktionary, English unimpression‘push, thrust, assault, onslaught’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400impressionWiktionary, English unimpression
- English1500–presentimpressionWiktionary, English unimpression
- EnglishtodayunimpressionWiktionary, English unimpression
A compound of un- + impression
Proto-Indo-European *n̥- ‘not, un-’
Proto-Germanic *un- ‘not, un-’
Proto-West Germanic *un- ‘not, un-’
English un-
Latin premō ‘to press’
Latin imprimō ‘to press, impress’
Latin impressiō
Old French impression
English impression
The story
Attested since the 19th century.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pres- ‘to press’
first, expression, frist, 29 more
through Proto-Italic *pres-
pressure, express, depression, oppression, compression, suppression, depressive, compress, depress, repress, impressionable, impressionist, impressionism, 30 more
through Latin premō ‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress,…’
press, pregnant, imprint, sprain, reprimand, 43 more
through Latin imprimō ‘to press, impress’
impressive, impress, imprimatur, 26 more
through English impression
Today it means
noun A lack of impression; the state of being unimpressed.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “unimpression”. 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 / unimpression