Etymology

pre-war

Today it means: Before the most recent or significant war in a culture's history. Full definition →

English war ← Middle English werre ← Old English werre
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*wers-
  10. Proto-Germanic*werzaną
  11. Proto-West Germanic*werʀan
  12. Frankish*werʀ
  13. Early Medieval Latinwerra
  14. Old Northern Frenchguerre
  15. Old Englishwerre
  16. Middle Englishwerre
  17. Englishwar
  18. English todaypre-war

From pre- + war.

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