prewedding

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adjective

Occurring before or in anticipation of a wedding

OriginEnglish wedding ← Middle English weddynge ← Old English weddung →
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Meanings

adjectiveprewedding (not comparable)

alternative pre-wedding

  1. not comparableOccurring before or in anticipation of a wedding

    Janet Bergeson, center, held a prewedding party for her son Nils and his bride-to-be, Emily O'Hara.

    2007 June 2, Martin Stolz, “Split Over the Mormon Church, but Maintaining Some Ties”, 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. Proto-Indo-European*wedʰ-
  10. Proto-Germanic*wadją
  11. Proto-Germanic*wadjōną
  12. Proto-West Germanic*waddjōn
  13. Old Englishweddian
  14. Old Englishweddung
  15. Middle Englishweddynge
  16. Englishwedding
  17. Englishprewedding

From pre- + wedding.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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