previously
/ˈpɹiviəsli/PREE-vee-uh-slee
/ˈpɹiviəsli/PREE-vee-uh-slee
Meaningin a going-before way
Common meaning: before
Other meanings: earlier
- prebefore
- via road, wayLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1984 · scan
- ousadjective ending: full of, having
- lyadverb ending: in a way
‘before’ + ‘a road, way’ → previously
Journey through time
- Latinvia‘a road, way’
- Englishprevious‘coming before’
- Englishformed in English from previouspreviously‘before’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from previous + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PREVIOUS, p.466 · scan
Roots
- via Latin “a road, way”
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