Etymology

prenex

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Today it means: Of a formula, having all of its quantifiers at the beginning. Full definition →

Late Latin praenexus ← Latin prae-
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromprae-“before”
  2. Late Latin · borrowed frompraenexus“bound up in front”
  3. English todayprenex

Borrowed from Late Latin praenexus (“bound up in front”), from Latin prae- (“before”) and nexus, past participle of nectō (“to bind”).

Words from the same roots

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