Etymology

prewedding

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Today it means: Occurring before or in anticipation of a wedding Full definition →

English wedding ← Middle English weddynge ← Old English weddung
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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*wedʰ-
  10. Proto-Germanic*wadją
  11. Proto-Germanic*wadjōną
  12. Proto-West Germanic*waddjōn
  13. Old Englishweddian
  14. Old Englishweddung
  15. Middle Englishweddynge
  16. Englishwedding
  17. English todayprewedding

From pre- + wedding.

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