Etymology

precum

P3R1E1C3U1M3

Today it means: Cowper's fluid; pre-ejaculate. Full definition →

English cum ← Middle English comen ← Old English cuman
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The story

  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*gʷem-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*gʷémt
  11. Proto-Germanic*kwemaną
  12. Proto-West Germanic*kweman
  13. Old Englishcuman
  14. Middle Englishcomen
  15. Englishcome
  16. Englishcum
  17. English todayprecum

From pre- (“before”) + cum (“ejaculate”).

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