pre-
/pɹɛ/ · prefix
Meaning
- Before; physically in front of.
- Synonym of anterior.
- Before; earlier in time; beforehand.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English pre-, borrowed from Latin prae-, from the preposition prae (“before”).
- prae-(Latin)→
- pre-(enm)→
- pre- (English)
- Relations: inh, der
Related words
Descendant words
- premonition(English) (cog)
- p͛-(English) (cog)
- pre-(Ido) (bor)
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