Etymology

repress

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Today it means: To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further. Full definition →

Latin repressus
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repress · verb1

  1. Latin · derived fromrepressus
  2. English todayrepress

Ultimately from Latin repressus, the perfect passive participle of reprimō (“to repress”).

repress · verb, noun2

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishpress
  7. English todayrepress

From re- + press.

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