myEtymology.com: English etymology of impresario

Etymology of the English word impresario

the English word impresario

derived from the Italian word impresario

derived from the Italian word impresa

derived from the Italian word imprendere

derived from the Vulgar Latin word prendere (catch up with; reach shore, harbor; catch, capture; take hold of; catch, take hold of; arrest)

derived from the Latin root *imprehendere

using the Latin prefix in- (suffix for no)

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

derived from the Latin word prehendere (catch up with; reach shore, harbor; catch, capture; take hold of)

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

The earliest known usage of impresario in English dates from the 18th century.

Word found in Modern English