Etymology

pre-

Today it means: Before; physically in front of. Full definition →

Middle English pre- ← Latin prae-
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromprae-
  2. Middle English · inherited frompre-
  3. English todaypre-

From Middle English pre-, borrowed from Latin prae-, from the preposition prae (“before”).

Words from the same roots

Latinprae- all →

presentpredecessorpreemptionprenex

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.