Where does “prime” come from?

prime (Italian) comes from Italian primo, from Latin primus, from Latin prismos, from Latin prisemos, from Proto-Italic priisemos, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

prime (Italian): feminine plural of primo

Definitions

  1. feminine plural of primo

Ancestry of “prime”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianprimofirst; initial; main, principal
2Latinprimusfirst
3Latinprismos—
4Latinprisemos—
5Proto-Italicpriisemosforemost, first
6Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Proto-Italic priisemos →