Etymograph

English

preshape

From pre- + shape.

Formed from pre- + shape

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- ‘to split, cut’

Proto-Germanic *gaskapą

Proto-West Germanic *gaskap

Old English ġesceap ‘shape, form; creation’

Middle English schap

English shape

Today it means

verb To shape in advance.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “preshape”. 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.

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