Etymology of the English word prepress
the English word
prepressusing the English prefix
pre-derived from the Latin prefix
prae-derived from the Latin word
prae (in front of; before)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*prai-derived from the English word
pressderived from the Old French word
presserderived from the Vulgar Latin word
pressare (press, squeeze)
derived from the Latin word
pressus (firmly planted, deliberate; pressing; pressure; exertion of pressure)
Usage
Word found in Modern English
