Etymology

prevenancy

prev·en·an·cy
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Today it means: The act of anticipating another's wishes, desires, etc., by way of favour or courtesy; obligingness. Full definition →

English prevenance ← French prévenance ← Latin praeveniō
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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. Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*gʷm̥yéti
  9. Proto-Italic*gʷəniō
  10. Latinveniō
  11. Latinpraeveniō
  12. Frenchprévenir
  13. Frenchprévenance
  14. Englishprevenance
  15. English todayprevenancy

From prevenance (“a going before, anticipation in sequence or order”) + -y.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.