English

prerheumatic

From pre- + rheumatic.

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα ‘stream, flow’

Ancient Greek ῥευματικός ‘subject to a discharge or flux’

Latin rheumaticus ‘troubled with rheum (catarrh)’

Middle French rheumatique

Today it means

adj Before the onset of rheumatism.

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

Etymograph / prerheumatic