Etymograph

English

prevoid

From pre- + void.

Formed from pre- + void

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- ‘to be/become empty’

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Latin vacuus ‘empty, vacant, unoccupied’

Vulgar Latin *vocitum ‘empty’

Old French vuit ‘empty’

Middle English voide ‘drink taken before leaving or before bed’

English void

Today it means

adj Before the voiding of the bladder.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “prevoid”. 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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