Has anyone ever realized how weird of a word "depress", as in "he depressed the button", is? Why does the action of pressing something depress it?

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BDFL of Quilibrium, Eng @ Farcaster, ex-Coinbase, always opinionated, never hydrated

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you know how rough it is when everyone pushes your buttons? think about the button

Yeah thought of it as well and the one that keeps nagging me is why the past tense of "preach" isn't "praught" but English has its ways!