pre-apprenticeship

noun

A course of study taken before the start of an apprenticeship

OriginEnglish apprenticeship ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae- →
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Meanings

nounpre-apprenticeship (plural pre-apprenticeships)

plural pre-apprenticeships

  1. A course of study taken before the start of an apprenticeship

Origin

  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. Englishapprenticeship
  10. Englishpre-apprenticeship

From pre- + apprenticeship.

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