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Where does “celeriter” come from?

celeriter (Latin) comes from Latin -ter, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

celeriter (Latin): quickly, swiftly, immediately

Definitions

  1. quickly, swiftly, immediately

Ancestry of “celeriter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ter-ly
2Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix
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