Where does “Zitronenpresse” come from?
Zitronenpresse (German) comes from German presse, from German Pressen, from Middle High German pressen, from Old High German pressōn, from Latin pressō, from Latin premō, from Proto-Indo-European pres-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
Zitronenpresse (German): lemon squeezer
Definitions
- lemon squeezer
Ancestry of “Zitronenpresse”, step by step
Zitronenpresse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via German zitrone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | zitrone | lemon fruit |
| 2 | Italian | citrone | citron |
| 3 | Latin | citron | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κίτρον | fruit of the citron tree |
| 5 | Latin | citrum | nominative neuter singular of citer; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | cī̆trus | citron tree |
| 7 | Greek | κέδρος | cedar |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κέδρος | cedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil |