Where does “inferieur” come from?

inferieur (Dutch) comes from French inférieur, from Latin īnferior, from Latin īnferus, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér — under, below.

inferieur (Dutch): inferior of low(er) value or quality

Definitions

  1. inferior of low(er) value or quality

Ancestry of “inferieur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchinférieurlower, under; inferior; less than or equal to. ≤,...
2Latinīnferiorlower in situation or place
3Latinīnferuslow
4Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰérunder, below
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér →Every word from Latin īnferus →Every word from Latin īnferior →