English

gauge pressure

From gauge + pressure.

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-

Proto-Germanic *galgô ‘pole, stake, cross’

Frankish *galgā ‘measuring rod, pole’

Middle English gauge ‘a customary measurement or scale’

English gauge

Latin premō ‘to press’

Latin pressūra ‘a pressing’

Today it means

noun The absolute pressure minus the atmospheric pressure.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / gauge pressure