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How to spell print

Print is spelled P-R-I-N-T.

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What it means: To make a copy of something on paper.

In a sentence: I like to print pictures of animals.

Same family: printing, printed, printer, reprint, printout. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The verb "print" comes from Old French "printe" and Latin "premere," meaning "to press." Early printing literally involved pressing inked letters onto paper, which is why we still use the word today for modern printers.

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