Where does “preto” come from?
preto (Old Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese apreto, from Old Portuguese apretar, from Latin appectorāre, from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic pektos, from Proto-Indo-European peg-, from English polyethylene glycol — Any of a series of water-soluble polymers, of...
preto (Old Portuguese): black; near
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Words derived from “preto”