Etymograph

English

supercompress

From super- + compress.

Formed from super- + compress

Latin premō ‘press’

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Latin compressus

Late Latin compressare ‘to press hard/together’

Old French compresser

Middle English compressen

English compress

Today it means

verb To compress to a great extent.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “supercompress”. 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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