prealphabet

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noun

A writing system that was used before an alphabet, or later developed into an alphabet.

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Meanings

nounprealphabet (plural prealphabets)

plural prealphabets

  1. A writing system that was used before an alphabet, or later developed into an alphabet.

    Our own dearly beloved Anglo Saxons used a very basic prealphabet consisting of 'runes' (straight lines scratched onto wood, bone or stone) called, rather quaintly I think, 'futhorc.'

    2018, Bob Yareham, English Actually

Origin

From pre- + alphabet.

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APA

prealphabet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prealphabet

MLA

“prealphabet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prealphabet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prealphabet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prealphabet.

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