Where does “preter” come from?

preter (Esperanto) comes from Latin praeter, from Proto-Italic praiteros, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

preter (Esperanto): past, beyond

Definitions

  1. past, beyond

Ancestry of “preter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpraeterpast, by; besides, except; beyond
2Proto-Italicpraiterosin front
3Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix

Words derived from “preter”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teros →Every word from Proto-Italic praiteros →Every word from Latin praeter →