Suppress
/səˈprɛs/noun
To put an end to, prevent, or keep something from being expressed or revealed.
Did you know?‘Suppress’ comes from Latin pressare, the intensive of premere, so the word is built on the same ancient idea as pressure, oppression, and depression: force that pushes downward.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*per-
“to strike, push, or press”
Latin
Latin
premere
“to press, squeeze, or hold down”
Latin
Latin
supprimere
“to press down, check, restrain”
Old French
Old French
supprimer
“to end, abolish, restrain”
Middle English
English
suppressen
“to put down, restrain, stop”
Modern English
English
suppress
“to prevent the expression, development, or publication of something”