English
prenote
Prenote comes from Latin praenotō ‘to mark or note beforehand’, and goes back to nota.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnota1‘mark, sign’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnotō1
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraenotō2as praenotare‘to mark or note beforehand’
- Englishearliest quotation 1563prenote2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin praenoto
- 2 Wiktionary, English prenote
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1563, John Foxe: “All this blind ignorance of that age, thus above…”.
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnotaWiktionary, Latin praenoto‘mark, sign’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnotōWiktionary, Latin praenoto
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraenotōWiktionary, English prenoteas praenotare‘to mark or note beforehand’
- Englishearliest quotation 1563prenoteWiktionary, English prenote. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1563, John Foxe: “All this blind ignorance of that age, thus above…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’
can, could, know, normal, narrative, glory, recognition, con, ignore, ken, ignorant, keen, norm, cunning, narration, prognosis, canny, connoisseur, uncouth, canna, kith, recognizance, gnosis, cun, 83 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti ‘to recognise’
diagnostic, gnome, agnostic, 39 more
through Latin gnōscō
recognize, cognitive, quaint, incognito, noblesse, ignoble, precognition, 29 more
through Latin nōscō ‘to become acquainted with something, learn…’
notice, noble, notion, notorious, cognition, nobility, notoriety, acquaint, cognizance, 22 more
through Latin nota ‘mark, sign’
through Latin notō
Today it means
verb To note or designate beforehand.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “prenote”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin praenoto. 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 / Latin nota / prenote