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- Latin · derived fromexprimere“to squeeze out, express”
- Middle French · borrowed fromespraindre“to squeeze or press out”
- English todaysprain
Origin unknown. Noun attested since 1601; verb attested 1622. Possibly borrowed from Middle French espraindre (“to squeeze or press out”), from Latin exprimere (“to squeeze out, express”), in which case cognate to express.
Words from the same roots
Latinexprimere all →
expressespresso
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.