Etymology

presentify

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Today it means: to make something (especially from the past) appear present or immediately relevant Full definition →

Proto-Italic *θakos ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← English present
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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. Proto-Indo-European*h₁es-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ésti
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰúHt
  11. Proto-Italic*ezom~*som
  12. Old Latinesum
  13. Latinsum
  14. Latinpraesum
  15. Latinpraesens
  16. Old Frenchpresent
  17. Middle Englishpresent
  18. Englishpresent
  19. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  20. Proto-Italic*θakos
  21. English todaypresentify

From present (adjective) + -ify, literally “to make present”.

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