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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | depressen | — |
| 2 | Old French | depresser | — |
| 3 | Latin | dēpressus | — |
| 4 | Latin | dēprimō | — |
| 5 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 6 | Latin | dē | — |
| 7 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 8 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
Words derived from “depress”