Precioso
[pre藞胃joso]Meaning
Galician, from Old Galician-Portuguese precioso, borrowed from Latin preti艒sus
Background Story
A user-submitted entry records Precioso as a rare masculine given name in Spanish in the Philippines. The Galician word precioso comes from Old Galician-Portuguese precioso, which is recorded in the 13th century in the Cantigas de Santa Maria and was borrowed from Latin preti艒sus.
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