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Where does “pressurer” come from?

pressurer (French) comes from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

pressurer (French): to squeeze; to extort

Definitions

  1. to squeeze; to extort

Ancestry of “pressurer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
2Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
3Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...

Words derived from “pressurer”

  • pressuriser
  • pressure
  • pressurer
  • pressurage
Every word from Old French -ier →