Latin
prae
‘before’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin prae.
4 English words in this record descend from Latin prae, most familiar first.
- pre
- premonition ← premunition ← praemonitiōnem ← praemonitus
- precipitant ← praecipitans ← praecipitō ← praeceps
- precipitious ← praecipitiōsus ← praecipitium
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Etymograph / Latin prae