The story
- Latin · derived fromoppressiō“a pressing down, violence, oppression”
- Old French · derived fromoppression
- Middle English · inherited fromoppression
- English todayoppression
From Middle English oppression, from Old French oppression, from Latin oppressiō (“a pressing down, violence, oppression”), from opprimō; see oppress.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.