English

prespace

From pre- + space.

Formed from pre- + space

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)peh₂- ‘to stretch’

Latin spatium ‘space’

Old French espace ‘space’

Anglo-Norman space

Middle English space

English space

Today it means

adj Of a civilization: having yet to develop space travel.

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

Etymograph / prespace