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Where does “prioritarian” come from?

prioritarian (English) comes from English priority, from Old French priorité, from Latin prioritas, 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.

prioritarian (English): One who subscribes to prioritarianism

Definitions

  1. One who subscribes to prioritarianism

Ancestry of “prioritarian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpriorityAn item's relative importance; A goal of a person...
2Old Frenchpriorité—
3Latinprioritas—
4Latinpriorformer, prior, previous; the first, the original;...
5Proto-Italicpriōsformer
6Proto-Italicprijōs—
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “prioritarian”

  • prioritarianism
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