Added 9 October 2026
depress
/dɪˈpɹɛs/ verb
Latin root: dēpressus Wiktionary
verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about depress at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
Origin
From Middle English depressen, from Old French depresser, from Latin dēpressus, perfect participle of dēprimō (“to press down, to weigh down”), from dē- (“off, away, down, out”) + premō (“to press”).
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