English
pressiometer
Pressiometer comes from French pression ‘pressure’, and goes back to Latin premō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpremō1‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpressiō1
- Frenchc. 1600–presentpression2‘pressure’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentpressiomètre3
- Englishtodaypressiometer3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, French pression
- 2 Wiktionary, French pressiomètre
- 3 Wiktionary, English pressiometer
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpremōWiktionary, French pression‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpressiōWiktionary, French pression
- Frenchc. 1600–presentpressionWiktionary, French pressiomètre‘pressure’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentpressiomètreWiktionary, English pressiometer
- EnglishtodaypressiometerWiktionary, English pressiometer
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pres- ‘to press’
first, frist, expressionism, impressionistic, 28 more
through Proto-Italic *pres-
expression, impressionable, impressionist, impressionism, 31 more
through Latin premō ‘to press, push, press close or hard, oppress,…’
pregnant, express, impressive, depression, impression, impress, imprint, oppression, compression, suppression, sprain, depressive, reprimand, compress, depress, repress, imprimatur, 35 more
Today it means
noun A device used to measure the stress in soil under pressure
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “pressiometer”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for French pression, French pressiomètre. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Latin premō / pressiometer