Where does “depress” come from?
Depress comes from Latin depressus, past participle of deprimo, composed of the prefix de and a root from Proto-Indo-European per-.
depress (English): To press down; To make depressed, sad or bored;...
Definitions
- To press down; To make depressed, sad or bored;...
Ancestry of “depress”, step by step
depress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English depressen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | depressen | — |
| 2 | Old French | depresser | — |
| 3 | Latin | dēpressus | depressed (pressed down) |
| 4 | Latin | dēprimō | to press down; to depress |
| 5 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 6 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 7 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 8 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via Italian depresso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | depresso | past participle of deprimere; past participle of... |