Where does “suppression” come from?
Suppression comes from Latin suppressio, the noun form of supprimere meaning to press down or restrain.
suppression (English): The act or instance of suppressing; The state of...
Definitions
- The act or instance of suppressing; The state of...
Ancestry of “suppression”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | suppressiō | pressing down |
| 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 “suppression”
- immunosuppression
- myelosuppression
- nonsuppression
- cosuppression
- overimmunosuppression
- underimmunosuppression
- postsuppressional
- angiosuppression
- cardiosuppression
- contrasuppression
- fibrosuppression
- inflammosuppression
- lymphosuppression
- neurosuppression
- oncosuppression
- oversuppression
- presuppression
- radiosuppression
- resuppression
- supersuppression
- suppressionism
- suppressionist
- thrombosuppression
- photoimmunosuppression