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Where does “priōs” come from?

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

priōs (Proto-Italic): former

Definitions

  1. former

Ancestry of “priōs”, step by step

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

Words derived from “priōs”

  • prior
  • pristine
  • priory
  • prioress
  • pristinely
  • subprior
  • priorly
  • priorship
  • hyperprior
  • repristination
  • repristinate
  • pristineness
  • unpristine
  • priour
  • prior
  • pristine
  • prioria
  • priori
  • pristinus
  • prius
  • priusquam
  • ripristinare
  • pristino
  • priorale
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