Where does “preter” come from?

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

preter (Ido): passing, past by: indicates motion from one side to the other past a certain object

Definitions

  1. passing, past by: indicates motion from one side to the other past a certain object

Ancestry of “preter”, step by step

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