Etymograph

English

pretriage

From pre- + triage.

Formed from pre- + triage

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

Latin trītus ‘rubbed, triturated’

…

Old French trier ‘to choose, pick out or separate from others,…’

Middle French trier

French trier ‘to sort’

French triage

English triage

Today it means

adj Before a triage phase.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pretriage”. 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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