Words that come from Latin “premere”

400 words across 23 languages descend from Latin premere — including pressure, press, express, print, priest, depression, pressing, expressly.

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English (287)

French (29)

Italian (25)

Latin (16)

Hungarian (7)

Dutch (4)

Irish (4)

Ido (4)

Japanese (3)

Spanish (3)

Esperanto (2)

Catalan (2)

Russian (2)

Portuguese (2)

Old French (2)

Cebuano (1)

Galician (1)

Neapolitan (1)

Crimean Tatar (1)

Turkish (1)

Greek (1)

Chinese (1)

Norman (1)