peior

Etymology
Probably from, from ; compare. Michiel de Vaan notes that a similar phonetic change *[dj]/[jd] > *[j] can be observed in the etymology of and  from  and  respectively. Cognate to,.

Adjective

 * 1) ; worse

Usage notes

 * In dictionaries published before the 21st century, the root vowel can often be found marked as long, but it is in those cases indicated to be long by position rather than by nature. This convention is abolished in modern dictionaries, which give, depending on typography, peior or pejor without a macron. The vowel is thus properly short, as can be indicated by the variant typographic spelling pĕjjor.

Descendants

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Etymology
From, accusative singular of. The nominative form, (whence modern French ) derives from the Latin nominative.

Adjective

 * 1) worse;
 * 2) worst;
 * 1) worst;