prepackage

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verb

To enclose in packaging prior to sale.

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

verbprepackage (third-person singular simple present prepackages, present participle prepackaging, simple past and past participle prepackaged)

present singular third person prepackages · participle present prepackaging · participle past prepackaged · past prepackaged

  1. transitiveTo enclose in packaging prior to sale.

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. Englishpackage
  10. Englishprepackage

From pre- + package.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Italian preconfezionare
  • preconfezionarepackage before being sold
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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