From Middle English *printen, prenten, preenten, an apheretic form of emprinten, enprinten (see imprint). Compare Dutch prenten ("to imprint"), Middle Low German prenten ("to print; write"), Danish prente ("to print"), Swedish prenta ("to write German letters"). Compare also Late Old French printer, preindre, from Latin premere ("to press").
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