Etymology

express

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Today it means: Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops. Full definition →

French exprès ← Latin expressus
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express · adjective, noun, adverb1

  1. Latin · derived fromexpressus
  2. French · borrowed fromexprès
  3. English todayexpress

From French exprès, from Latin expressus, past participle of exprimere (see Etymology 2, below).

express · verb, noun2

  1. Latin · derived fromexprimere
  2. Old French · derived fromespresser
  3. English todayexpress

From Old French espresser, expresser, from frequentative form of Latin exprimere.

Words from the same roots

Latinexprimere all →

espressosprain

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