Where does “primeiro” come from?

primeiro (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin primarius, from Latin primus, from Latin prismos, from Latin prisemos, from Proto-Italic priisemos, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

primeiro (Old Portuguese): first, ordinal form of "ũu"

Definitions

  1. first, ordinal form of "ũu"

Ancestry of “primeiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinprimariusOne of the first, or first rank, chief,...
2Latinprimusfirst
3Latinprismos—
4Latinprisemos—
5Proto-Italicpriisemosforemost, first
6Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “primeiro”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Proto-Italic priisemos →