Etymology

presque vu

Today it means: A failure to remember something, with the sense that recall is imminent. Full definition →

French presque
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The story

  1. French · borrowed frompresque“almost”
  2. English todaypresque vu

Borrowed from French presque (“almost”) + vu (“seen”).

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