secondary

The story

1. Latin · derived fromsecundārius“of the second class or quality”
2. Middle English · inherited fromsecundarie
3. English todaysecondary

From Middle English secundarie, from Latin secundārius (“of the second class or quality”), from secundus (whence the English second) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary), equivalent to second + -ary; compare the French secondaire, the Italian secondario, the Occitan secundari, the Portuguese secundario, and the Spanish secundario.

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