köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese preto, from earlier *apreto, from apretar (Modern Portuguese apertar), from Late Latin appectorāre, from Latin pectus. Doublet of preto. Cognate of Galician preto.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi Proto-Balto-Slavic *ab Proto-Slavic *o(b) Old Polish o Polish o Proto-Slavic *bokъ Old Polish bok Polish bok univ. Polish obok Univerbation of o + bok (“side”). First attested in 1621–1632. Compare Kashubian òbòk.
at, by, near, among · at the house or residence of; chez · before, in the presence of, in the writings of, in view of
köken: Seems connected with ob and ad, thus its strict meaning would be “on to”, “unto”. De Vaan theorizes either a connection with apiō (“to tie”) or a derivation from *ad-pod, formed by the preverb ad (“to”) and the word for "foot", meaning something like "at the foot of" (cf. French chez). The latter option is found in other words such as oppidum.
Apud Helvētiōs longē nōbilissimus fuit et dītissimus Orgetorix.
In prīncipiō erat Verbum et Verbum erat apud Deum et Deus erat Verbum.
side (one half of something or someone) · side (a line of descent traced through a particular relative) · side (a group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition)
köken: Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 邊 (“side, edge”, SV: biên).