prejos

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Romanian pre-

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *wert-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *-etor

Proto-Indo-European *wértetor

Proto-Italic *wertō

Latin vertōder.

Latin vorsum

Classical Latin deorsum

Late Latin diōsum

Romanian jos

Romanian prejos

From pre- + jos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /preˈʒos/

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• Rhymes: -os
• Hyphenation: pre‧jos

Adverb

prejos (only in the comparative)

1. below (in a non-spatial sense) [with de]

   Antonym: presus

Collocations

• a se lăsa mai prejos (chiefly in the negative)

  to let oneself be outdone

References

• “prejos”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026