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print

Old French

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printprent

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About This Root

From Old French preinte (impression, stamp), ultimately from Latin pressus, past participle of premere (to press). The physical act of pressing a mark onto a surface: print, printer, imprint, blueprint. Connected to the press root through its Latin origin — printing is fundamentally pressing ink onto a surface.

Associated Words

blueprint

A detailed technical drawing; a thorough plan for achieving something

GREC2

imprint

A mark left by pressing; to stamp or fix firmly in the mind

TOEFLGREA2

print

To produce text or images by machine; printed text or a photograph

NGSL 2kA2

printed

Produced by printing; written in block letters

IELTSA2

printer

A device that prints text or images; a person or business that prints

NGSL 3kA2

printing

The process or business of producing printed material

IELTSA2