Etymology

press

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Today it means: An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing. Full definition →

Middle English presse ← Old English press ← Medieval Latin pressa
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press · noun1

  1. Latin · derived frompressāre
  2. Old French · derived frompresser“to press”
  3. Old French · derived frompresse
  4. Medieval Latin · derived frompressa
  5. Old English · derived frompress“clothespress”
  6. Middle English · derived frompresse“throng, crowd, clothespress”
  7. English todaypress

From Middle English presse (“throng, crowd, clothespress”), partially from Old English press (“clothespress”) (from Medieval Latin pressa) and from Old French presse (Modern French presse) from Old French presser (“to press”), from Latin pressāre, from pressus, past participle of premere (“to press”). Chiefly displaced native Middle English thring (“press, crowd, throng”) (from Old English þring (“a press, crowd, anything that presses or confines”)). see English thring

press · verb2

  1. Latin · derived frompressāre
  2. Old French · derived frompresser“to press”
  3. Middle English · derived frompressen“to crowd, thring, press”
  4. English todaypress

From Middle English pressen (“to crowd, thring, press”), from Old French presser (“to press”) (Modern French presser) from Latin pressāre, from pressus, past participle of premere "to press". Displaced native Middle English thringen (“to press, crowd, throng”) (from Old English þringan (“to press, crowd”)), Middle English thrasten (“to press, force, urge”) (from Old English þrǣstan (“to press, force”)), Old English þryscan (“to press”), Old English þȳwan (“to press, impress”).

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