depress

The story

1. Latin · derived fromdēpressus
2. Old French · derived fromdepresser
3. Middle English · inherited fromdepressen
4. English todaydepress

From Middle English depressen, from Old French depresser, from Latin dēpressus, perfect participle of dēprimō (“to press down, to weigh down”), from dē- (“off, away, down, out”) + premō (“to press”).