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Where does “prioritize” come from?

Prioritize comes from Old French priorite, from Latin prioritas meaning precedence, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -idyéti.

prioritize (English): To arrange or list a group of things in order of...

Definitions

  1. To arrange or list a group of things in order of...

Ancestry of “prioritize”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-izeUsed to form verbs from nouns or adjectives
2Middle English-isen-ise, -ize
3Middle French-iser-ize
4Latin-izō—
5Ancient Greek-ίζωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
6Proto-Hellenic-íďďō—
7Proto-Indo-European-idyéti—
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
10Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “prioritize”

  • prioritization
  • reprioritize
  • reprioritization
  • deprioritize
  • deprioritization
  • prioritizer
  • underprioritize
  • overprioritize
  • prioritizable
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