Etymology

preignition

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Today it means: The premature detonation of a fuel charge in Four-stroke cycle engines. Full definition →

English ignition ← Latin ignītiō ← Middle English pre-
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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. Latinignītiō
  10. Englishignition
  11. English todaypreignition

From pre- + ignition.

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