Where does “apresar” come from?
apresar (Spanish) comes from Portuguese presa, from Portuguese preso, from Old Portuguese preso, from Latin prensus, from Latin prehēnsus, from Latin prehendō, from Proto-Italic *praiɣendō, from Proto-Italic prai- — passed , crossed.
apresar (Spanish): to seize, capture; to imprison
Definitions
- to seize, capture; to imprison
Ancestry of “apresar”, step by step
apresar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese presa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | presa | prey; fang; female equivalent of preso |
| 2 | Portuguese | preso | imprisoned; prisoner |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | preso | — |
| 4 | Latin | prensus | Alternative form of prehēnsus |
| 5 | Latin | prehēnsus | seized, grasped, grabbed, taken, caught; having been seized, etc |
| 6 | Latin | prehendō | to lay hold of, seize, grasp, grab, snatch, take, catch |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *praiɣendō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Latin apprenso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | apprenso | I seize with eagerness, snatch at, catch; snuff... |
| 2 | Latin | apprehendo | I lay hold upon, grasp, seize, grab, take, take... |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |