Where does “priori” come from?

priori (Italian) comes from Italian priore, 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.

priori (Italian): plural of priore

Definitions

  1. plural of priore

Ancestry of “priori”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianprioreprior
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 →