Etymology

a potiori

Today it means: from the stronger or more important; according to the majority Full definition →

Latin denominatio a potiori
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromdenominatio a potiori“naming from the stronger”
  2. English todaya potiori

Learned borrowing from Latin denominatio a potiori (“naming from the stronger”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.