Etymology

suppression

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Today it means: The act or instance of suppressing. Full definition →

Latin suppressiō ← Proto-Italic *pres- ← Proto-Indo-European *pres-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*per-?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pres-
  7. Proto-Italic*pres-
  8. Latinpremō
  9. Latinsupprimō
  10. Latinsuppressiō
  11. English todaysuppression

Borrowed from Latin suppressiō.

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