preemption · noun1
- Latin · derived fromprae-“before”
- English todaypreemption
From Medieval Latin praeēmptiō (“previous purchase”), from praeemō (“buy before”), from Latin prae- (“before”) + emō (“buy”).
Preemption · proper noun2
From the American spelling of pre-emption.
Words from the same roots
Latinprae- all →
presentpredecessorpre-prenex
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.