Compress
late Middle English: from Old French compresser or late Latin compressare, frequentative of Latin comprimere, from com- ‘together’ + premere ‘to press’; or directly from compress- ‘pressed together’, from the verb comprimere .
wiktionary
From Middle English compressen, from Old French compresser, from Late Latin compressare(“to press hard/together”), from Latin compressus, the past participle of comprimō(“to compress”), itself from com-(“together”) + premō(“press”).
From Middle French compresse, from compresse(“to compress”), from Late Latin compressare(“to press hard/together”), from Latin compressus, the past participle of comprimō(“to compress”), itself from com-(“together”) + premō(“press”).
etymonline
compress (v.)
late 14c., "to press or pack (something) together, force or drive into a smaller compass," from Old French compresser "compress, put under pressure," from Late Latin compressus, past participle of compressare "to press together," frequentative of comprimere "to squeeze," from com "with, together" (see com-) + premere "to press, hold fast, cover, crowd, compress" (from PIE root *per- (4) "to strike"). Related: Compressed; compressing. Compressed air is attested from 1660s.
compress (n.)
1590s in the surgical sense of "soft mass of linen or other cloth to press against some part of the body (with the aid of a bandage)," from compress (v.).
