compress的词源

英文词源

compress

compress: see press

compress (v.)

late 14c., "to press (something) together," from Old French compresser "compress, put under pressure," from Latin compressare "to press together," frequentative of comprimere "to squeeze," from com- "together" (see com-) + premere "to press" (see press (v.1)). Related: Compressed; compressing.

compress (n.)

1590s in the surgical sense, from compress (v.).

中文词源

compress：压缩

com-, 强调。-press, 压。

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compress：压缩，浓缩 

词根词缀： com-共同,一起 + -press-压