English

prespore

From pre- + spore.

Formed from pre- + spore

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

Proto-Indo-European *sper- ‘to scatter, strew’

Ancient Greek σπορά ‘seed’

New Latin spora

English spore

Today it means

adj Destined to become part of the spore of a fruiting body.

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

Etymograph / prespore