citerior

Meaning

Adjective

• Chiefly in place names: situated on the nearer side.

Origin

• Borrowed from Latin citerior ("(particularly in province names) nearer"), comparative of citer (from cis, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe ("here")) + -ior. The English word is cognate with French citérieur, Italian citeriore, Portuguese citerior, Spanish citerior.