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Represa
Represa comes from Spanish represa ‘dam’, from Latin repressus ‘contents’, and ultimately from premō ‘press’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpremō‘press’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreprimōas reprimere‘to contain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepressus‘contents’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentrepresa‘dam’
- Englishearliest quotation 2024Represa
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpremō‘press’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreprimōas reprimere‘to contain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepressus‘contents’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentrepresa‘dam’
- Englishearliest quotation 2024Represa
Earliest quotation: 2024, Ishani Desai: “Whether any staffers at the 1,828-capacity prison, one of…”
The story
Borrowed from Spanish represa (‘dam’), named after the nearby dam under construction in 1892.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pres- ‘to press’
first, impressionable, impressionist, frist, impressionism, expressionism, 30 more
through Proto-Italic *pres-
pressure, expression, express, impressive, depression, impression, compression, oppression, impress, suppression, depressive, compress, depress, 34 more
through Latin premō ‘press’
press, pregnant, imprint, sprain, imprimatur, 47 more
through Latin reprimō ‘to contain’
Today it means
name An unincorporated community in Sacramento County, California, United States, the site of Folsom State Prison.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin premō / Represa