Proto-Italic

*pres-

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

53 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *pres-, most familiar first.

• press ← presse ← pressa ← presser ← pressāre
• pressure ← pressūra ← premō
• express ← espresser ← exprimō ← premō
• depression ← dēpressiō ← dēprimō ← premō
• pregnant ← premō
• expression ← expressiō ← exprimō ← premō
• impressive ← impress ← impressen ← impressus ← imprimō
• impression ← impressiō ← imprimō ← premō
• impress ← impressen ← impressus ← imprimō ← premō
• compression ← compressiō ← comprimō ← premō
• oppression ← oppressiō ← opprimō ← premō
• suppression ← suppressiō ← supprimō ← premō

More words from *pres-

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

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *pres-