Where does “apretar” come from?

apretar (Spanish) comes 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.

apretar (Spanish): to squeeze; to tighten, constrict or compress; to...

Definitions

  1. to squeeze; to tighten, constrict or compress; to...

Ancestry of “apretar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinappectoroto press against one's chest or breast
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “apretar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Latin ad- →