Etymograph

English

small press

From small + press (a printing press/press company).

A compound of small + press

Proto-Germanic *smalaz

Proto-West Germanic *smal

Old English smæl ‘narrow’

Middle English smal ‘small’

English small

Latin premō ‘to press’

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Latin pressō ‘to press’

Old French presser ‘to press’

Old French presse

Middle English presse ‘throng, crowd, clothespress’

English press

Today it means

noun A small-scale publishing company.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “small press”. 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.

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