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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Presse

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Friedrich Kluge2510517An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P — Presse1891John Francis Davis

​ Presse, f., ‘press, pressure, strait, printing-press’; from Fr. presse; MidHG. prësse, OHG. prëssa (pfrëssa), ‘winepress,’ is like the equiv. AS. presse (persa), Du. presse, an earlier loan-word from MidLat. pressa. MidHG. prësse, ‘crowd, throng,’ is connected with the equiv. Fr. presse.

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