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Where does “priusquam” come from?

priusquam (Latin) comes from Latin prius, 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.

priusquam (Latin): before; until

Definitions

  1. before; until

Ancestry of “priusquam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpriusnominative neuter singular of prior; accusative...
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
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