Etymology

prename

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Today it means: A first name, a forename Full definition →

English name ← Middle English name ← Old English nama
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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*h₁nómn̥
  10. Proto-Germanic*namô
  11. Proto-West Germanic*namō
  12. Old Englishnama
  13. Middle Englishname
  14. Englishname
  15. English todayprename

From pre- + name.

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