"previous" in seven languages
Meaningprevious
Spanish
/anteˈɾjoɾ/
other source · learned, Latin ANTERIŌREM 'earlier, further forward' (from ANTE)
Previo exists too, but mostly in 'previous to' senses: sin previo aviso.
French
/pʁesedɑ̃/
learned
fem.: précédente
Italian
/pretʃeˈdɛnte/
learned
Portuguese
/ɐ̃teɾiˈoh/
other source · learned, Latin ANTERIŌREM 'earlier, further forward'
Romanian
/anteriˈor/
other source · French antérieur and Latin ANTERIOR
Catalan
/əntəɾiˈoɾ/
other source · learned, Latin ANTERIŌREM 'earlier, further forward'
English
/ˈpɹiviəs/
other source · Latin PRAEVIUS 'going before'
The Latin ancestor
PRAECĒDENTEM‘going before (PRAECĒDERE)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
French and Italian call it 'the one that goes before', Spanish 'the one further forward' (a comparative of ANTE). English previous is a third Latin word, PRAEVIUS 'leading the way'.
English relatives: precede, precedent, preceding
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In a sentence
- esEl dueño anterior dejó los muebles.
- frLe propriétaire précédent a laissé les meubles.
- itIl proprietario precedente ha lasciato i mobili.
- ptO dono anterior deixou os móveis.
- roProprietarul anterior a lăsat mobila.
- caEl propietari anterior va deixar els mobles.
- enThe previous owner left the furniture.
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