myEtymology.com: English etymology of imperatival

Etymology of the English word imperatival

the English word imperatival

derived from the English word imperative

derived from the Old French word imperatif

derived from the Latin word imperativus

derived from the Latin word imperatus

derived from the Latin word imperare (order, command, levy)

using the Latin prefix in- (suffix for no)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ne (not)

derived from the Latin word parare (prepare; furnish, supply)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *perə-

using the English suffix -al

derived from the Latin suffix -alis