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Where does “Prieto” come from?

Prieto (Spanish) comes from Spanish prieto, from Spanish apretar, from Latin appectoro, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

Ancestry of “Prieto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishprietodark, swarthy. Used to describe both people and...
2Spanishapretarto squeeze; to tighten, constrict or compress; to...
3Latinappectoro—
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “Prieto”

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