ad pressum

Latin

Etymology

From ad (“to, at”) +‎ pressum (“close”). Attested in the Mulomedicina Chironis.[1]

Adverb

ad pressum (not comparable) (Late Latin)

near

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: appresso
- Neapolitan: appriesso
North Italian:
- Piedmontese: apress, après, apreu
- Venetian: apreso, apres (rare)
Gallo-Romance:
- Old Catalan: aprés
  - → Spanish: aprés
- Franco-Provençal: aprés
- Old French: aprés (see there for further descendants)
- Occitan: après

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ad prĕssum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 179

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