Etymology

pretrial

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Today it means: Pertaining to a preliminary trial. Full definition →

English trial ← Middle English trial ← Anglo-Norman trial
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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. Old Frenchtrier
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Anglo-Normantrial
  13. Middle Englishtrial
  14. Englishtrial
  15. English todaypretrial

From pre- + trial.

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