citerior

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱe“here”
2. Latin · borrowed fromciterior“(particularly in province names) nearer”
3. English todayciterior

Borrowed from Latin citerior (“(particularly in province names) nearer”), comparative of citer (“on this side; near”) (from cis (“on or to this or the near side of; short of; before”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“here”)) + -ior (suffix forming comparatives). The English word is cognate with French citérieur, Italian citeriore, Portuguese and Spanish citerior.

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