Where does “precioso” come from?

precioso (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese precioso, from Latin pretiōsus, from Latin pretium, from Proto-Italic pretjom, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

precioso (Portuguese): precious

Definitions

  1. precious

Ancestry of “precioso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseprecioso
2Latinpretiōsusvaluable, precious
3Latinpretiumworth, price, value, cost; pay, hire, wage,...
4Proto-Italicpretjom
5Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “precioso

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European per-Every word from Proto-Italic pretjom