Etymograph

English

pretask

From pre- + task.

Formed from pre- + task

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

Latin taxō ‘to censure; to charge’

Latin taxa

Medieval Latin tasca

Old Northern French tasque

Middle English taske ‘task, tax’

English task

Today it means

adj Before commencing a task.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pretask”. 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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