myEtymology.com: English etymology of presswork

Etymology of the English word presswork

the English word presswork

derived from the English word work

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

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *werkan

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)