secundarie
Middle English
/sɛkundˈaːriː(ə)/
adj
Definitions
- Secondary; lesser in import, meaning or relevance.
- Of lesser finesse, craftsmanship, or build; not well-made or well-built.
- (rare) Of lower ranking, or influence; deputy, subordinate.
- (rare) Non-original; deriving from another thing or cause.
- (rare) After the first and before the third; second.
- (rare) Later; relating to a succeeding thing.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin secundārius (of the second class quality) affix from Middle English secunde (after the first, sixtieth part of a minute).
Origin
Middle English
secunde
Gloss
after the first, sixtieth part of a minute
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- circumsecondary English
- intersecondary English
- nonsecondary English
- postsecondary English
- presecondary English
- second English
- secondarily English
- secondariness English
- secondary English
- secondary planet English
- supersecondary English
- secundārius Latin
- secondario Italian
- secundario Spanish, Castilian
- secundário Portuguese
- secundarili Middle English
- secunde Middle English
- secundes Middle English
- second Old French
- secundari Catalan, Valencian
- secundario Galician
- sekondari Swahili
- seicont Scots