Where does “priorate” come from?

priorate (English) comes from Latin prioratus, from Latin prior, from Proto-Italic priōs, from Proto-Italic prijōs, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

priorate (English): The dignity, office, or government of a prior

Definitions

  1. The dignity, office, or government of a prior

Ancestry of “priorate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinprioratuspriority, precedence; priory
2Latinpriorformer, prior, previous; the first, the original;...
3Proto-Italicpriōsformer
4Proto-Italicprijōs—
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Proto-Italic -jōs →Every word from Proto-Italic prijōs →
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