English
prevene
Prevene comes from French prévenir ‘to prevent, to avert, to guard against’, from Latin praeveniō ‘anticipate’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘to come, to step’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷem-‘to come, to step’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷm̥yéti‘to come’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷəniō‘to come’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEveniō‘come’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraeveniō‘anticipate’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentprévenir‘to prevent, to avert, to guard against’
- Englishearliest quotation 1708prevene
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷem-‘to come, to step’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷm̥yéti‘to come’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷəniō‘to come’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEveniō‘come’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraeveniō‘anticipate’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentprévenir‘to prevent, to avert, to guard against’
- Englishearliest quotation 1708prevene
Earliest quotation: 1708, John Philips, Book I: “If Thy indulgent Care / Had not preven'd, among…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘to come, to step’
come, coming, base, basic, basis, bass, cum, revenue, venue, pug, contravention, quim, 54 more
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti ‘to come’
through Proto-Italic *gʷəniō ‘to come’
convenience, misadventure, 20 more
through Latin veniō ‘come’
event, convention, avenue, adventure, inventory, advent, inventor, intervene, invent, souvenir, provenance, convene, circumvention, contravene, revenant, 21 more
Today it means
verb To precede (come before) or anticipate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- / prevene