Where does “hotpresser” come from?
hotpresser (English) comes from English hotpress, from English press, from Middle English presse, from Old French presse, from Old French presser, from Latin pressāre, from Latin premere, from Latin premo — passed , crossed.
hotpresser (English): a person, in a laundry or in a paper mill, whose...
Definitions
- a person, in a laundry or in a paper mill, whose...
Ancestry of “hotpresser”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hotpress | to apply both heat and mechanical pressure to... |
| 2 | English | press | A device used to apply pressure to an item; A... |
| 3 | Middle English | presse | throng, crowd, clothespress |
| 4 | Old French | presse | — |
| 5 | Old French | presser | to press |
| 6 | Latin | pressāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | premere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | premo | I press; I pursue |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pres- | to press |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |