Etymology

beforeness

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Today it means: The state or quality of being before. Full definition →

English before ← Middle English bifore ← Old English beforan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁pi
  5. Proto-Germanic*bi
  6. Proto-Germanic*bi-
  7. Proto-West Germanic*bi-
  8. Old Englishbe-
  9. Old Englishforan
  10. Old Englishbeforan
  11. Middle Englishbifore
  12. Englishbefore
  13. English todaybeforeness

From before + -ness.

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