Where does “prior” come from?

prior (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic priōs, from Proto-Italic prijōs, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

prior (Latin): former, prior, previous; the first, the original;...

Definitions

  1. former, prior, previous; the first, the original;...

Ancestry of “prior”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicpriōsformer
2Proto-Italicprijōs—
3Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “prior”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →