English
repress
Repress comes from Latin repressus ‘repressed’, and goes back to premō ‘press’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpremō‘press’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreprimō‘to repress’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepressus‘repressed’perfect passive participle of reprimō
- Englishearliest quotation 1671repress
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpremō‘press’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEreprimō‘to repress’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErepressus‘repressed’perfect passive participle of reprimō
- Englishearliest quotation 1671repress
Earliest quotation: 1671, John Milton, The Second Book: “Deſire of wine and all delicious drinks […] Thou…”
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 ‘press’
pregnant, pressure, expression, express, impressive, depression, impression, compression, imprint, oppression, impress, suppression, sprain, depressive, compress, imprimatur, depress, 34 more
through Latin reprimō ‘to repress’
Today it means
verb To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin premō / repress