Where does “Druckerpresse” come from?
Druckerpresse (German) comes from German Drucker, from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine — boundary, end.
Druckerpresse (German): printing press
Definitions
- printing press
Ancestry of “Druckerpresse”, step by step
Druckerpresse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Drucker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Drucker | agent noun of drucken; printer; printer |
| 2 | German | drücken | to press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;... |
| 3 | Middle High German | drücken | — |
| 4 | Old High German | drucchen | to press |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | þrukkijan | to press |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þrukkijaną | to press on; to crowd |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 8 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 9 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
via German presse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | presse | inflection of pressen: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | German | Pressen | plural of Presse |
| 3 | Middle High German | pressen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | pressōn | — |
| 5 | Latin | pressō | — |
| 6 | Latin | premō | to press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pres- | to press |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |