Where does “compressing” come from?
Compressing derives from the present participle of compress, from Old French compresser, from Late Latin compressare, from Latin compressus, the past participle of comprimere, meaning to press together, from com- and premere.
compressing (English): present participle of compress
Definitions
- present participle of compress
Ancestry of “compressing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | compress | To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or... |
| 2 | Middle French | compresse | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | compressare | to press hard/together |
| 4 | Latin | compressus | compressed, restrained, repressed |
| 5 | Latin | comprimō | to compress (squeeze together) |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |