Etymology

pregame

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Today it means: A social gathering of friends who get together to drink before going out to a party or a sports game, in order to generate a slight feeling of intoxication before going out for the night. Full definition →

English game ← Middle English game ← Old English gamen
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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-Germanic*gamaną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*gaman
  11. Old Englishgamen
  12. Middle Englishgame
  13. Englishgame
  14. English todaypregame

From pre- + game.

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