English

prologuize

From prologue + -ize.

Formed from prologue + -ize

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to collect (words)’

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Ancient Greek πρόλογος ‘the prologue of a play’

Latin prologus ‘a preface to a play’

Old French prologue

Middle English prologue

Today it means

verb To deliver or create a prologue, as for an oration or for a written or musical work.

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Etymograph / prologuize