Etymograph

English

preternormal

From preter- + normal.

Formed from preter- + normal

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘before’

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i ‘before, across’

Proto-Italic *praiteros ‘in front’

Latin praeter

English preter-

Latin nōrma ‘carpenter's square’

Latin nōrmālis ‘made according to a carpenter's square’

English normal

Today it means

adj Beyond what is normal; supernatural; paranormal.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “preternormal”. 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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