Where does “1ª” come from?
1ª (Catalan) comes from Catalan primera, from Catalan primer, from Old Catalan primer, from Latin prīmārius, from Latin prīmus, from Latin prīsmos, from Proto-Italic priisemos, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
1ª (Catalan): Nonstandard form of 1a
Definitions
- Nonstandard form of 1a
Ancestry of “1ª”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | primera | feminine singular of primer; first |
| 2 | Catalan | primer | first; prime; first; before anything else |
| 3 | Old Catalan | primer | — |
| 4 | Latin | prīmārius | One of the first, of the first rank, chief, principal, excellent, remarkable. It was used as the title of a position in universities |
| 5 | Latin | prīmus | — |
| 6 | Latin | prīsmos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | priisemos | foremost, first |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |