Where does “apressar” come from?

apressar (Portuguese) comes from Catalan pressa, from Latin pressa — inflection of pressus: ## nominative/vocative...

apressar (Portuguese): to hurry; to hurry up; to rush

Definitions

  1. to hurry; to hurry up; to rush

Ancestry of “apressar”, step by step

apressar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan pressa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanpressahurry, haste
2Latinpressainflection of pressus: ## nominative/vocative...

via Portuguese pressa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepressahurry; rush; haste
2Latinpressam—

Words derived from “apressar”

Every word from Latin pressa →Every word from Catalan pressa →
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