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- Latin · derived fromcompressiō
- Middle French · borrowed fromcompression
- English todaycompression
Borrowed from Middle French compression, from Latin compressiō, equivalent to compress + -ion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
compression
Today it means: An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction. Full definition →
Middle French compression ← Latin compressiō