Etymology

prehispanic

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to the period of time before, or during the early part of the 16th century when Spanish explorers arrived and began to colonize the New World, e.g. Mesoamerica, South America, the Philippines, etc. Full definition →

English Hispanic ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae-
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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. EnglishHispanic
  10. English todayprehispanic

From pre- + Hispanic.

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