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Pressure

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the force exerted over a given area, or a feeling of stress
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Stage 1 of 2
pressura
Latin · ancient
"a pressing, squeezing"
a pressing, from premere (to press)
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Stage 2 of 2
pressure
English · 1300s
"force applied over a given area"
settled as the physics word for force applied over an area
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