Where does “preteriri” come from?

preteriri (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto iri, from Latin īre, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

preteriri (Esperanto): to pass, pass by

Definitions

  1. to pass, pass by

Ancestry of “preteriri”, step by step

preteriri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto iri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoirito go
2Latinīre—
3Proto-ItaliceōI go
4Proto-Italicejō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Esperanto preter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantopreterpast, beyond
2Latinpraeterpast, by; besides, except; beyond
3Proto-Italicpraiterosin front
4Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Italic ejō →