Etymograph

English

pretotype

Clipping of pre-prototype, from pre- + prototype, patterned after prototype.

Formed from pre- + prototype

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

French prototype

English prototype

Today it means

noun A model of product using the smallest possible amount of resources.

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

Etymograph / pretotype