Where does “presse” come from?
presse (Middle English) comes from Old French presse, from Old French presser, from Latin pressāre, from Latin premere, from Latin premo, from Proto-Indo-European pres-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
presse (Middle English): throng, crowd, clothespress
Definitions
- throng, crowd, clothespress
Ancestry of “presse”, step by step
presse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French presse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | presse | — |
| 2 | Old French | presser | to press |
| 3 | Latin | pressāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | premere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | premo | I press; I pursue |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pres- | to press |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |