Where does “Prieto” come from?

Prieto (Tagalog) 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...
3Latinappectoroto press against one's chest or breast
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-un-, non-, not
6Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Latin ad-