Where does “prior” come from?

prior (Portuguese) comes 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.

prior (Portuguese): prior superior of a religious or military order

Definitions

  1. prior superior of a religious or military order

Ancestry of “prior”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpriorformer, prior, previous; the first, the original;...
2Proto-Italicpriōsformer
3Proto-Italicprijōs—
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “prior”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Proto-Italic -jōs →Every word from Proto-Italic prijōs →