Etymology

premillennialism

Today it means: A concept in Christian eschatology that the Second Coming of Christ will happen before the millennium. Full definition →

English premillennial ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae-
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  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. Englishmillennial
  10. Englishpremillennial
  11. English todaypremillennialism

From premillennial + -ism.

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