myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of imperare

Etymology of the Latin word imperare

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-

Italian imperare, Portuguese imperar, Spanish imperar, Spanish emprar