Proto-Indo-European

*pres-

‘to press’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *pres-.

51 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *pres-, most familiar first.

• first ← fyrst ← *frestaz
• pressure ← pressūra ← premō ← *pres-
• express ← espresser ← exprimō ← premō ← *pres-
• depression ← dēpressiō ← dēprimō ← premō ← *pres-
• expression ← expressiō ← exprimō ← premō ← *pres-
• impressive ← impress ← impressen ← impressus ← imprimō
• impression ← impressiō ← imprimō ← premō ← *pres-
• impress ← impressen ← impressus ← imprimō ← premō
• compression ← compressiō ← comprimō ← premō ← *pres-
• oppression ← oppressiō ← opprimō ← premō ← *pres-
• suppression ← suppressiō ← supprimō ← premō ← *pres-
• imprint ← empreinte ← empreindre ← imprimere ← premō

More words from *pres-

• depressive
• reprimand
• impressionable
• impressionist
• sprain
• repress
• impressionism
• expressionism
• impressionistic
• frist
• imprimatur
• impressment
• pression
• misimpression
• adpress
• appress
• impressible
• imprimantur
• impressionability
• impressional
• impressioner
• impressionless
• impressionableness
• impressionably
• impressable
• impresser
• neoimpressionism
• neoimpressionist
• nonimpressionist
• overimpress
• postimpressionism
• postimpressionist
• preimpressionist
• prelal
• pressiometer
• reimpress
• reimpression
• unimpressionable
• unimpression

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pres-