Etymology

overpressurize

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Today it means: To pressurize excessively. Full definition →

English pressurize ← Latin pressūra ← Proto-Italic *pres-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*per-?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pres-
  9. Proto-Italic*pres-
  10. Latinpremō
  11. Latinpressūra
  12. Englishpressure
  13. Englishpressurize
  14. English todayoverpressurize

From over- + pressurize.

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