English
suppress
Suppress comes from Latin suppressus ‘pressed down’, and goes back to supprimō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsupprimō‘press down or under’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuppressus‘pressed down’perfect passive participle of supprimō
- Englishtodaysuppress
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsupprimō‘press down or under’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuppressus‘pressed down’perfect passive participle of supprimō
- Englishtodaysuppress
A compound of sub ‘under’ + premō ‘press’
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under’
Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to push, beat, press’
Proto-Indo-European *pr-es- ‘to press’
Proto-Italic *pres-
Latin premō ‘press’
Every English word from Latin supprimō
Today it means
verb To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin supprimō / suppress