Etymograph

English

preview

From pre- + view; compare Old French preveü, past participle of preveoir (“to foresee”).

Formed from pre- + view

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

Old French veue

Anglo-Norman vewe

Middle English vewe ‘an inspection’

English view

Today it means

noun An experience of something in advance.

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

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