Where does “Prior” come from?

Prior (Middle English) comes from Middle English priour, from Old English prior.

Ancestry of “Prior”, step by step

Prior traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English priour

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishpriourprior
2Old Englishprior—

via Middle English prior

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishprior—

Words derived from “Prior”

Every word from Old English prior →Every word from Middle English priour →