imperativeyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[imperative 词源字典]
imperative: see empire
[imperative etymology, imperative origin, 英语词源]
imperative (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1520s, from Late Latin imperativus "pertaining to a command," from imperatus "commanded," past participle of imperare "to command, to requisition," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + parare "prepare" (see pare).
imperative (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
mid-15c., in grammar; later "something imperative" (c. 1600), from Old French imperatif and directly from Late Latin imperativus (see imperative (adj.)).