Etymograph

English

prestimulus

From pre- + stimulus.

A compound of pre- + stimulus

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

Latin stimulus ‘goad, prick’

English stimulus

Today it means

adj Before a stimulus.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “prestimulus”. 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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