pression etymology

French word pression comes from Latin pressus, and later Latin pressio (A pressing, pressure. Prop, fulcrum of a lever.)

Detailed word origin of pression

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
pressus Latin (lat)
pressio Latin (lat) A pressing, pressure. Prop, fulcrum of a lever.
pression French (fra) (countable) popper (UK), snap (fastener) (US). (medicine, physics) pressure. Pressure.

Words with the same origin as pression

Descendants of pressus
presque presser pressé près