Where does “depressor” come from?
Depressor comes from English depress, from Latin depressus, the past participle of Latin deprimo, meaning to press down, from Latin de and a root related to Proto-Indo-European per-.
depressor (English): Anything that depresses; An instrument used to...
Definitions
- Anything that depresses; An instrument used to...
Ancestry of “depressor”, step by step
depressor traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English depress
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | depress | To press down; To make depressed, sad or bored;... |
| 2 | Middle English | depressen | — |
| 3 | Old French | depresser | — |
| 4 | Latin | dēpressus | depressed (pressed down) |
| 5 | Latin | dēprimō | to press down; to depress |
| 6 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 7 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via English ‐or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 2 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Portuguese depressar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | depressar | — |