ad pressum
Latin
Etymology
From ad (“to, at”) + pressum (“close”). Attested in the Mulomedicina Chironis.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Proto-Romance) IPA(key): /apˈprɛssu/
Adverb
ad pressum (not comparable) (Late Latin)
- near
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: appresso
- North Italian:
- Piedmontese: apress, après, apreu
- Venetian: apreso, apres (rare)
- Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: aprés, apres
- Middle French: aprés, apres; aprez
- French: après (see there for further descendants)
- Norman: après (Jersey), oprès (Guernsey), aumprès, auprès
- Middle French: aprés, apres; aprez
- Old French: aprés, apres
- Occitano-Romance:
- Occitan: après
- Old Catalan: aprés
- → Spanish: aprés
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “ad prĕssum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 179