Where does “depression” come from?
Depression comes from Old French depression, from Latin depressio, the noun form of deprimere, meaning to press down, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European per-.
depression (English): In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a state of mind...
Definitions
- In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a state of mind...
Ancestry of “depression”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | depressio | a pressing down, a sinking down, a depression;... |
| 2 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 3 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 4 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 5 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “depression”
- immunodepression
- depressional
- antidepression
- postdepression
- depressionlike
- depressionary
- nondepression
- cardiodepression
- depressionless
- cryptodepression
- dextrodepression
- laevodepression
- undepression
- depressio
- anti-depression
- anxiodepression
- depressionism
- depressionist
- microdepression
- neurodepression
- permacession
- phagodepression
- pseudodepression
- Trumpression