Where does “unpressable” come from?
unpressable (English) comes from English pressable, 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.
unpressable (English): Incapable of being pressed
Definitions
- Incapable of being pressed
Ancestry of “unpressable”, step by step
unpressable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pressable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pressable | Capable of being pressed |
| 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 |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |