English

preswing

From pre- + swing.

Formed from pre- + swing

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

Proto-Indo-European *swenk-

Proto-Germanic *swinganą ‘to swing’

Proto-West Germanic *swingan ‘to swing’

Old English swingan ‘to swinge, flog, beat, scourge’

Middle English swyngen ‘to flog, beat, or scourge’

English swing

Today it means

noun The part of a gait In which weight is removed from a limb prior to it being swung forward.

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

Etymograph / preswing