The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromθλῖψις“pressure”
- New Latin · borrowed fromthlipsis
- English todaythlipsis
From New Latin thlipsis, from Ancient Greek θλῖψις (thlîpsis, “pressure”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
thlipsis
Today it means: Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external cause. Full definition →
New Latin thlipsis ← Ancient Greek θλῖψις