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Where does “preallocate” come from?

preallocate (English) comes from English allocate, from Latin allocatus, from Latin allocō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

preallocate (English): To set aside before a need arises for a purpose

Definitions

  1. To set aside before a need arises for a purpose

Ancestry of “preallocate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishallocateTo set aside for a purpose; To distribute...
2Latinallocatusallocated
3Latinallocō—
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →