Condense
/kənˈdɛns/noun
To make something denser or more concentrated; to change from vapor into liquid.
Did you know?“Condense” comes from Latin roots meaning “to press together,” and the same family of words gave English “dense,” “tend,” and “tension” — all carrying the ancient idea of stretching, tightening, and force.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ten-
“to stretch, extend, pull tight”
Latin
Latin
densus
“thick, crowded, dense”
Latin
Latin
condensare
“to make thick or close together”
Old French
Old French
condenser
“to make thick, thicken”
16th Century
English
condense
“to make denser, thicken; later, to compress into a shorter form”
Modern English
English
condense
“to make more compact or concentrated; to change vapor into liquid”