myEtymology.com: English etymology of press-book

Etymology of the English word press-book

the English word press-book

derived from the English word book

derived from the English word bok

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

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *bokiz

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)