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im ponere
Latin · ancient
"to place upon"
to place upon, from in- (upon) and ponere (to place)
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imposer
Old French · medieval
"to force something upon someone"
carried into French for forcing something upon someone
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impose
English · 1400s
"to force something to be accepted or applied"
settled as the English word for forcing something to be accepted
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