Where does “preadmit” come from?

preadmit (English) comes from English admit, from Middle English admitten, from Old French admettre, from Latin admittere, from Latin admitto, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.

preadmit (English): To admit, or allow to enter, in advance

Definitions

  1. To admit, or allow to enter, in advance

Ancestry of “preadmit”, step by step

preadmit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English admit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadmitTo allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
2Middle Englishadmitten
3Old Frenchadmettreto admit
4Latinadmitteresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5LatinadmittoI let in, admit; I perpetrate, commit
6Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
7Latinīn-un-, non-, not
8Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
9Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
10Proto-Italicenin
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English pre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpreBefore; Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate; To...
2Latinpraebefore; in front; in front of
3Proto-Italicpraibefore; in front of
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpreh₂-before, in front
5Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Latin ad-