English

presyncope

From pre- + syncope.

A compound of pre- + syncope

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

Proto-Hellenic *kopt͏̌ō

Ancient Greek κόπτω ‘to strike’

Ancient Greek συγκόπτω ‘cut up’

Ancient Greek συγκοπή ‘syncope, cutting a word short by striking out…’

Latin syncopē

Today it means

noun Lightheadedness, muscular weakness, and feeling faint, although not reaching the extent of fainting (passing out).

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

Etymograph / presyncope