Etymograph

English

prewind

From pre- + wind.

Formed from pre- + wind

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- ‘to blow’

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Proto-Germanic *windaz ‘wind’

Proto-West Germanic *wind ‘wind’

Old English wind ‘wind’

Middle English wynd

English wind

Today it means

verb To wind in advance.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “prewind”. 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 / prewind