Etymograph

English

prethin

From pre- + thin.

Formed from pre- + thin

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

Proto-Indo-European *tenh₂- ‘to stretch’

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Proto-Germanic *þunnuz ‘thin’

Proto-West Germanic *þunnī ‘thin’

Old English þynne ‘thin’

Middle English thinne ‘thin’

English thin

Today it means

verb To thin in advance.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “prethin”. 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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