impressioner

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *per-?

Proto-Indo-European *pres-der.

Proto-Italic *pres-

Latin premō

Latin imprimō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin impressiōder.

Old French impressionder.

English impression

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āsjos

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English impressioner

impressioner (plural impressioners)

(rare) One who impressions (manipulates a key in a lock to aid in creating a duplicate).
- 2012, Deviant Ollam, Keys to the Kingdom, page 51:
  Fully-round files are also popular among individuals who do not wish to be encumbered by a need to orient their file each time they pick it up (many competitive lock impressioners choose fully-round files for this very reason, to save precious seconds during sporting sessions).
- 2017, Don OShall, Tony West, Locksmithing 101 (L101), page 140:
  While many skilled impressioner ^[sic] use no key holder, most do and nearly all recommend its usage.

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