priusquam

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin prius

Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *kʷís

Proto-Italic *kʷis

Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *kʷos

Proto-Italic *kʷoi

Latin quam

Latin priusquam

From prius (“sooner”) + quam (“than”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [priˈʊs.kʷãː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [priˈus.kʷam]

Conjunction

priusquam

1. before
2. until

References

• “priusquam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers