English
appress
Appress comes from Latin apprimō ‘to press close to’, and goes back to premō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpremō‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEapprimō‘to press close to’
- Englishtodayappress
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpremō‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEapprimō‘to press close to’
- Englishtodayappress
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pres- ‘to press’
first, frist, impressionistic, 27 more
through Proto-Italic *pres-
impressionable, impressionist, impressionism, expressionism, 29 more
through Latin premō ‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress,…’
pressure, pregnant, depression, expression, express, impressive, impression, compression, imprint, impress, oppression, suppression, depressive, sprain, reprimand, compress, imprimatur, depress, repress, 33 more
Today it means
verb To press close to.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin premō / appress