Etymograph

English

prevomer

From pre- + vomer.

Formed from pre- + vomer

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

Latin vōmer ‘ploughshare’

English vomer

Today it means

noun A bone from non-mammalian vertebrates forming the anterior roof of the palate.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “prevomer”. 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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