myEtymology.com: English etymology of compress

Etymology of the English word compress

the English word compress

derived from the Old French word compress

derived from the Late Latin word compressare (press; oppress)

derived from the Latin word comprimere (press, squeeze together, fold; suppress, control, stifle)

derived from the Latin word premere (to press; press, press hard, pursue)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per-

using the Latin prefix con- (together)

derived from the Latin prefix com-

derived from the Latin word cum (with)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kom (near, with, together)

The earliest known usage of compress in English dates from the 14th century.

Dutch kompres, Dutch comprimeren, French compresse, French comprimer, German Kompresse, German komprimieren, Italian comprimere, Latin comprimere, Norwegian kompress, Norwegian komprimere, Portuguese comprimir, Spanish comprimir, Swedish kompress, Swedish komprimera

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