English
pressure
Pressure comes from Latin pressūra ‘a pressing, pressure’, and goes back to premō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpremō‘to press’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpressūra‘a pressing’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1599–1602pressure
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpremō‘to press’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpressūra‘a pressing’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1599–1602pressure
Earliest quotation: c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: “All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pres- ‘to press’
first, frist, impressionistic, 28 more
through Proto-Italic *pres-
impressionable, impressionist, impressionism, expressionism, 30 more
through Latin premō ‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress,…’
pregnant, depression, expression, express, impressive, impression, compression, imprint, oppression, impress, suppression, depressive, sprain, reprimand, compress, depress, repress, imprimatur, 34 more
Today it means
noun A pressing; a force applied to a surface.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin premō / pressure