Etymograph

English

prestandard

From pre- + standard.

Formed from pre- + standard

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

Frankish *standahard

Old French estandart ‘gathering place’

Middle English standard ‘a standard’

English standard

Today it means

noun A draft document that may later become a standard.

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

Etymograph / prestandard