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Where does “anteriority” come from?

anteriority (English) comes from Middle French antériorité, from Latin anterioritas — the state of being previous or anterior;...

anteriority (English): The state of being anterior or preceding in time...

Definitions

  1. The state of being anterior or preceding in time...

Ancestry of “anteriority”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchantériorité—
2Latinanterioritasthe state of being previous or anterior;...
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