Where does “compressiveness” come from?
compressiveness (English) comes from English compressive, from English compress, from Middle French compresse, from Late Latin compressare, from Latin compressus, from Latin comprimō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
compressiveness (English): The state or quality of being compressive
Definitions
- The state or quality of being compressive
Ancestry of “compressiveness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | compressive | That compresses |
| 2 | English | compress | To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or... |
| 3 | Middle French | compresse | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | compressare | to press hard/together |
| 5 | Latin | compressus | compressed, restrained, repressed |
| 6 | Latin | comprimō | — |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | — |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |