Where does “winepress” come from?
Winepress combines English press and English wind, tracing through Old English winn to Latin vinum (wine) and pressare (to press), ultimately from Latin premere meaning to squeeze or crush.
winepress (English): A device used to squeeze juice from grapes as the...
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- A device used to squeeze juice from grapes as the...
Ancestry of “winepress”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | press | A device used to apply pressure to an item; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | presse | throng, crowd, clothespress |
| 3 | Old French | presse | — |
| 4 | Old French | presser | to press |
| 5 | Latin | pressāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | premere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | premo | I press; I pursue |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pres- | to press |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |