prieto

Mane

Hevwate

Werger

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(Îngilîzî)

dark, swarthy (used to describe both people and landscapes)
(Louisiana) black

Pircarînî

Bi hîfenê ve hatîye girêdan wek

prie‧to

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ˈpɾjeto/

Ji latînî mîras hatiye girtin

Hevwate bi portugalî

Hevwate bi astûrî

In summary

From apretar (“squeeze, constrict, compress”). The semantic evolution to "dark" comes through the sense of "dense" or "thick". Another common, but less likely, etymology suggested is Vulgar Latin *prettus, from Latin pressus. Compare Portuguese preto, Asturian prietu.