Etymology

preimmune

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Today it means: Preceding an immune response Full definition →

English immune ← Middle French immun ← Latin immūnis
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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*mey-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*moy-nós
  11. Proto-Italic*moinos
  12. Latinmūnus
  13. Proto-Indo-European*né
  14. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  15. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  16. Latinin-
  17. Latinin- -is
  18. Latinimmūnis
  19. Middle Frenchimmun
  20. Englishimmune
  21. English todaypreimmune

From pre- + immune.

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