Morpheme
Prior
Type
free base
Denotation
former, previous, earlier, first, original, in front, better, superior
Etymology
Latin prior
Evidence
prior, prioracy, prioral, priorate, priorate, prioress, priori, prioristic, prioritarian, prioritarianism, prioritarians, priorities, prioritization, prioritize, prioritized, prioritizes, prioritizing, priority, priorly, priors, priorship, priory, subprior
Notes
<Priorite> denoting priority
alternative modern base analysis without suffixal constructions -itarian, -itize, -itise
from priority (<Prior + -i- + -ty>), from Latin priōritās
prioritarian, prioritarianism, prioritarians, prioritise, prioritization, prioritize, prioritized, prioritizes, prioritizing
