Where does “priour” come from?

priour (English) comes from English prior, 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.

priour (English): Obsolete form of prior

Definitions

  1. Obsolete form of prior

Ancestry of “priour”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpriorAdvance; previous; coming before; Former,...
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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