Etymograph

English

handpress

From hand + press.

A compound of hand + press

Proto-Germanic *handuz

Proto-West Germanic *handu

Old English hand

Middle English hond

English hand

Latin premō ‘to press’

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Latin pressō ‘to press’

Old French presser ‘to press’

Old French presse

Middle English presse ‘throng, crowd, clothespress’

English press

Today it means

noun An early printing press operated by means of a handle that applied pressure on the form.

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

Etymograph / handpress