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Where does “apretado” come from?

apretado (Spanish) comes from Spanish apretar, from Latin appectoro, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

apretado (Spanish): tight; short

Definitions

  1. tight; short

Ancestry of “apretado”, step by step

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

Words derived from “apretado”

  • apretadísimo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →