English
prevocalically
From prevocalic + -ally.
A compound of pre- + vocalic + prevocalic
French vocal
French vocalique ‘vowel’
English vocalic
Today it means
adv Immediately preceding a vowel or vowel sound.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “prevocalically”. 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.
Etymograph / prevocalically