Etymograph

English

presign

From pre- + sign.

Formed from pre- + sign

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

Proto-Italic *segnom

Latin signum ‘a mark’

Old English seġn ‘sign’

Middle English signe

English sign

Today it means

verb To sign in advance.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “presign”. 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 / presign