Etymology

prerace

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Today it means: Occurring before, or in preparation for, a race Full definition →

English race ← Middle English race ← Old Norse rás
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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*h₁reh₁s-
  10. Proto-Germanic*rēsō
  11. Proto-West Germanic*rās
  12. Old Englishrǣs
  13. Proto-Germanic*rēsō
  14. Old Norserás
  15. Middle Englishrace
  16. Englishrace
  17. English todayprerace

From pre- + race.

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