Etymology

pression

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Today it means: Pressure or an act of applying pressure. Full definition →

Latin pressiō, pressiōni ← Proto-Italic *pres- ← Proto-Indo-European *pres-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pres-
  3. Proto-Italic*pres-
  4. Latinpremō
  5. Latinpressiō, pressiōni
  6. English todaypression

Learned borrowing from Latin pressiō, pressiōnis.

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