The story
- Latin · derived fromsupprimere
- Middle French · derived fromsupprimer
- Middle English · inherited fromsupprymen
- English todaysupprime
From Middle English supprymen, from Middle French supprimer and its etymon Latin supprimere, supprimō (“to press down, suppress”), from sub- (“under, down”) + premō (“to press”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.