English
compressor
Compressor comes from New Latin compressor.
- New Latinc. 1500–1900compressor
- Englishearliest quotation 1958same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- New Latinc. 1500–1900compressor
- Englishearliest quotation 1958same form
Earliest quotation: 1958, Main-Line Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Eastern Region: “The compressor is mounted adjacent to the fuel tank…”
Formed from compress + -or
Latin premō ‘press’
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Latin compressus
Late Latin compressare ‘to press hard/together’
Old French compresser
Middle English compressen
English compress
Every English word from New Latin compressor
Today it means
noun A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / New Latin compressor / compressor