Where does “pre-Abrahamic” come from?
pre-Abrahamic (English) comes from English Abrahamic, from English abraham, from Middle English Abraham, from Old English Abraham, from Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ, from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם — Abraham.
pre-Abrahamic (English): Pertaining to the time before the arrival of...
Definitions
- Pertaining to the time before the arrival of...
Ancestry of “pre-Abrahamic”, step by step
pre-Abrahamic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Abrahamic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Abrahamic | Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; Descended... |
| 2 | English | abraham | A prophet in the Old Testament, Qur'an and Aqdas; a Semitic patriarch son of Terah who practiced monotheism, father of the Jewish patriarch Isaac by Sarah and the Arab patriarch Ishmael by Hagar |
| 3 | Middle English | Abraham | — |
| 4 | Old English | Abraham | — |
| 5 | Latin | Ābrahām | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἀβραάμ | — |
| 7 | Hebrew | אַבְרָהָם | Abraham |
via English pre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pre | Before; Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate; To... |
| 2 | Latin | prae | before; in front; in front of |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | prai | before; in front of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |