predigital

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adjective

Preceding the advent of digital technology

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

adjectivepredigital (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePreceding the advent of digital technology

    Mr. Chasanoff, who stopped collecting in the 1990s, sees such images as relics of an age that has passed, the predigital age.

    2009 January 4, Randy Kennedy, “Photographs Worth a Double Take”, in New York Times

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. Englishdigital
  10. Englishpredigital

From pre- + digital.

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APA

predigital. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predigital

MLA

“predigital.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predigital. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “predigital,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predigital.

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