Etymology

prelife

P3R1E1L1I1F4E1

Today it means: Before the start of life Full definition →

English life ← Middle English lyf ← Old English līf
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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*leyp-
  10. Proto-Germanic*lībaną
  11. Proto-Germanic*lībą
  12. Proto-West Germanic*līb
  13. Old Englishlīf
  14. Middle Englishlyf
  15. Englishlife
  16. English todayprelife

From pre- + life.

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