Etymology

preset

P3R1E1S1E1T1

Today it means: Set in advance, especially as a default. Full definition →

English set ← Middle English setten ← Old English settan
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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*sed-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*sodéyeti
  11. Proto-Germanic*satjaną
  12. Proto-West Germanic*sattjan
  13. Old Englishsettan
  14. Middle Englishsetten
  15. Englishset
  16. English todaypreset

From pre- + set.

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