English

press

/pɹɛs/
An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.

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    Etymology 1

    From Middle English presse (“throng, crowd, clothespress”), partially from Old English press (“clothespress”) (from Medieval Latin pressa) and from Old French presse (Modern French presse) from Old French presser (“to press”), from Latin pressāre, from pressus, past participle of premere (“to press”). Chiefly displaced native Middle English thring (“press, crowd, throng”) (from Old English þring (“a press, crowd, anything that presses or confines”)).

    see English thring

    Etymology 2

    From Middle English pressen (“to crowd, thring, press”), from Old French presser (“to press”) (Modern French presser) from Latin pressāre, from pressus, past participle of premere "to press". Displaced native Middle English thringen (“to press, crowd, throng”) (from Old English þringan (“to press, crowd”)), Middle English thrasten (“to press, force, urge”) (from Old English þrǣstan (“to press, force”)), Old English þryscan (“to press”), Old English þȳwan (“to press, impress”).

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    Lineage

    • rootProto-Indo-European*per- “produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth”
    • derivedMiddle Englishpresse “throng, crowd, clothespress”
      • derivedOld Englishpress “clothespress”
        • derivedMedieval Latinpressa
          • derivedOld Frenchpresse
            • derivedOld Frenchpresser “to press”
              • derivedLatinpressāre
    • derivedMiddle Englishpressen “to crowd, thring, press”

    Related: English thring, French presse, Middle English thring, Old English þring, French presser, Middle English thringen, Old English þringan, Middle English thrasten, Old English þrǣstan, Old English þryscan, Old English þȳwan

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