myEtymology.com: English etymology of letterpress

Etymology of the English word letterpress

the English word letterpress

derived from the English word press

derived from the Old French word presser

derived from the Vulgar Latin word pressare (press, squeeze)

derived from the Latin word pressus (firmly planted, deliberate; pressing; pressure; exertion of pressure)

derived from the English word letter

derived from the Old French word lettre

derived from the Humanistic Latin word littera (letter; letter, epistle)

derived from the Etruscan word littera

derived from the Greek word diphthera, διφθέρα, διϕϑέρα (skin, leather, hide)