Proto-Italic

*prai

‘before’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *prai.

17 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *prai, most familiar first.

• pre ← prae
• prestigious ← praestigiosus ← praestringō ← *prai-
• preface ← prefātia ← praefātiō ← praefor ← *prai-
• prefix ← praefīxum ← praefīxus ← *prai-
• precede ← précéder ← praecēdō ← *prai-
• preeminent ← praeēminēns ← praeēmineō ← *prai-
• prescient ← praesciēns ← praesciō ← *prai-
• premonition ← premunition ← praemonitiōnem ← praemonitus ← prae
• impregnate ← impraegnātus ← impraegnō ← praegnās ← *prai-
• precocity ← précocité ← précoce ← praecox ← praecoquō
• pregnane ← praegnās ← *prai-
• precocial ← praecox ← praecoquō ← *prai-

More words from *prai

• precipitant
• deprehension
• preterition
• precoce
• praeputiophobia

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *prai