Etymograph

English

prelal

Prelal comes from Latin prelum ‘a press’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pres-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pres-1‘to press’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*preslom1reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprelum2‘a press’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1655prelal2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin prelum
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English prelal
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1655, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge: “This is a catalogue of prelal mistakes, committed and…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pres-Wiktionary, Latin prelum‘to press’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*preslomWiktionary, Latin prelumreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprelumWiktionary, English prelal‘a press’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1655prelalWiktionary, English prelal. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1655, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge: “This is a catalogue of prelal mistakes, committed and…”

Formed from al

Hindi आल

English al

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *pres- ‘to press’

first, pressure, express, depression, impressive, impression, compression, impress, oppression, suppression, imprint, depressive, sprain, reprimand, frist, repress, imprimatur, 33 more

Today it means

adj Of or relating to printing; typographical.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “prelal”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin prelum. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pres- / prelal

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