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Depress

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to make someone feel sad and without energy, or to press something down
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Stage 1 of 2
deprimere
Latin · ancient
"to press down"
to press down, from de- (down) and premere (to press)
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Stage 2 of 2
depress
English · 1300s
"to push something down, or to lower spirits"
settled as the English word for pushing something down or lowering spirits
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