prestorm

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adjective

Occurring or existing before a storm

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

adjectiveprestorm (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOccurring or existing before a storm

    But some economists and demographers are beginning to wonder whether New Orleans will top out at about half its prestorm population of about 444,000[…].

    2007 January 21, Adam Nossiter, “New Orleans of Future May Stay Half Its Old Size”, 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. Englishstorm
  10. Englishprestorm

From pre- + storm.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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