Where does “prebake” come from?
prebake (English) comes from English bake, from German backen, from Middle High German backen, from Old High German backan, from Middle High German bachen, from Old High German bahhan, from Proto-Germanic bakan — back.
prebake (English): To bake in advance; A technology for producing...
Definitions
- To bake in advance; A technology for producing...
Ancestry of “prebake”, step by step
prebake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bake
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bake | To cook in an oven; To be cooked in an oven; To... |
| 2 | German | backen | to bake; to roast; to fry; to fire |
| 3 | Middle High German | backen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | backan | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | bachen | — |
| 6 | Old High German | bahhan | to bake |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bakan | back |
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 |