English

previsual

From pre- + visual, literally "before seeing".

Formed from pre- + visual

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

Latin videō ‘to see’

Latin vīsus ‘seen; sight’

Late Latin vīsuālis ‘of sight’

French visuel

Middle English visual

Today it means

adj prior to the development of visual indicators

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

Etymograph / previsual