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Depression

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a mental health condition marked by persistent low mood, or a severe economic downturn
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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
depression
English · 1300s
"a state of low mood, or an economic downturn"
broadened from a physical pressing down to a lowered emotional or economic state
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