English

presentence

From pre- + sentence.

A compound of pre- + sentence

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

Latin sententia ‘way of thinking’

Middle French sentence

Today it means

adj Occurring before or in preparation for a criminal sentence.

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

Etymograph / presentence