Etymograph

English

prevocationally

Prevocationally comes from English prevocational.

  1. English1500–presentprevocational
  2. Englishtodayprevocationally

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentprevocational
  2. Englishtodayprevocationally

A compound of pre- + vocation + -al + vocational

Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-

Latin vocō ‘to call, summon, beckon’

Latin vocātiōnem

Old French vocation ‘call’

Middle English vocacioun

English vocation

Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-

Latin vocō ‘to call, summon, beckon’

Latin vocātiōnem

Old French vocation ‘call’

Middle English vocacioun

English vocation

English vocational

Today it means

adv Before or in preparation for a vocation.

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

Etymograph / English prevocational / prevocationally