Where does “pressure” come from?
Pressure comes from Latin pressura, the noun form of pressus, the past participle of premere meaning to press or push, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European per-.
pressure (English): A pressing; a force applied to a surface; A...
Definitions
- A pressing; a force applied to a surface; A...
Ancestry of “pressure”, step by step
Words derived from “pressure”
- overpressure
- pressurization
- backpressure
- pressurize
- depressurization
- pressurise
- counterpressure
- pressuremeter
- pressurisation
- underpressure
- pressureless
- depressurize
- overpressurization
- pressurizer
- repressurization
- repressurize
- depressurisation
- depressurise
- depressure
- repressurise
- overpressurize
- repressure
- pressurizable
- pressuremetric