Etymology

repressure

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Today it means: To pressurize again; to restore to a given pressure Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*per-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pres-
  8. Proto-Italic*pres-
  9. Latinpremō
  10. Latinpressūra
  11. Englishpressure
  12. English todayrepressure

From re- + pressure.

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