Etymograph

English

recompression

From re- + compression.

Formed from re- + compression

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Latin premō ‘to press’

Latin comprimō ‘to compress’

Latin compressiō ‘squeezing, compression’

Middle French compression

English compression

Today it means

noun The act of recompressing; compression again.

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

Etymograph / recompression