preto

(Îngilîzî)

Berevajî
lonxe, branco, claro
Pircarînî

A1
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
[ˈpɾetʊ]
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

Back-formation from apretar (“tighten, push, squeeze, compress”). The semantic evolution to "dark" comes through the sense of "tight" or "thick". Another common, but less likely, etymology suggested is Vulgar Latin *prettus, from Latin pressus. Compare Portuguese preto, perto, Asturian prietu, Spanish prieto.

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