Etymology

a fortiori

Today it means: With stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim; even more so; all the more so; so much the more. Full definition →

Medieval Latin ā fortiōrī
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  1. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromā fortiōrī
  2. English todaya fortiori

Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin ā fortiōrī.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.