English

prevacation

From pre- + vacation.

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

Latin vacātiō ‘freedom, exemption’

Old French vacacion

Anglo-Norman vacacioun

Middle English vacation

Today it means

adj Before a vacation.

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

Etymograph / prevacation