English

prerevolution

From pre- + revolution.

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to roll’

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Latin revolvō ‘roll back’

Late Latin revolūtiō ‘the act of revolving’

Old French revolucion ‘passage’

Middle English revolucion

Today it means

adj Occurring before a period of revolution.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / prerevolution