Where does “litirphreas” come from?
litirphreas (Irish) comes from Irish preas, 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.
litirphreas (Irish): letterpress
Definitions
- letterpress
Ancestry of “litirphreas”, step by step
litirphreas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish preas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | preas | press |
| 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 Irish litir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | litir | letter |
| 2 | Old Irish | liter | letter of the alphabet; act of writing, written... |
| 3 | Latin | littera | a letter of the alphabet; handwriting; letter,... |
| 4 | Latin | lītera | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | leitera | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |