Where does “a-primero” come from?
a-primero (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog primero, from Spanish primero, from Old Spanish primero, from Latin prīmārius, from Latin prīmus, from Latin prīsmos, from Proto-Italic priisemos, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
a-primero (Tagalog): first day of the month
Definitions
- first day of the month
Ancestry of “a-primero”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | primero | — |
| 2 | Spanish | primero | former, first, first one |
| 3 | Old Spanish | primero | first |
| 4 | Latin | prīmārius | One of the first, of the first rank, chief, principal, excellent, remarkable. It was used as the title of a position in universities |
| 5 | Latin | prīmus | — |
| 6 | Latin | prīsmos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | priisemos | foremost, first |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |