Etymology

prenatal

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Today it means: Being or happening before birth. Full definition →

English natal ← Middle English natal ← Latin nātālis
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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*ǵenh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₁tós
  11. Proto-Italic*gnātos
  12. Latingnātus
  13. Latinnātus
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. Latinnātālis
  17. Middle Englishnatal
  18. Englishnatal
  19. English todayprenatal

From pre- + natal.

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