English

presteroidal

From pre- + steroidal.

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’

Proto-Indo-European *wéydos ‘seeing’

Proto-Hellenic *wéidos

Ancient Greek εἶδος

English steroid

Today it means

adj In the era before steroids were available.

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

Etymograph / presteroidal