Where does “preterati” come from?

preterati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian terati, from Proto-Slavic těrjati.

preterati (Serbo-Croatian): to drive across; to go too far; to exaggerate

Definitions

  1. to drive across; to go too far; to exaggerate

Ancestry of “preterati”, step by step

preterati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian terati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianteratito force, make; to induce, cause; to drive, drive...
2Proto-Slavictěrjati—

via Serbo-Croatian pre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianprebefore, earlier; before; ago
Every word from Proto-Slavic těrjati →Every word from Serbo-Croatian terati →