English

preshave

From pre- + shave.

Formed from pre- + shave

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- ‘to cut, split, form, carve’

Proto-Germanic *skabaną ‘to scrape’

Proto-West Germanic *skaban ‘to scrape, shave’

Old English sċafan ‘to shave, scrape, shred, polish’

Middle English shaven

English shave

Today it means

adj Designed for application before shaving

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

Etymograph / preshave