Where does “precontest” come from?

precontest (English) comes from English contest, from French contester, from Old French contester, from Latin contestor, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

precontest (English): Of or pertaining to the phase of preparation in...

Definitions

Of or pertaining to the phase of preparation in...

Ancestry of “precontest”, step by step

precontest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English contest

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	contest	Controversy; debate; Struggle for superiority;...
2	French	contester	to contest; to challenge; to dispute
3	Old French	contester	to contest; to dispute; to attest
4	Latin	contestor	I call to witness
5	Latin	cōn-	Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
6	Latin	cum	with, along with; at; -fold
7	Old Latin	com	Alternative form of cum
8	Proto-Italic	kom	with, along, at
9	Proto-Indo-European	ḱóm	beside, near, by, with
10	Proto-Indo-European	ḱe	Deictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11	Middle English	kyt	—
12	German	kitt	putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
13	Old High German	kuti	—
14	Proto-West Germanic	kwidu	gum, resin
15	Proto-Germanic	kweduz	resin
16	Proto-Indo-European	gʷet-	resin, gum; to say, speak
17	Proto-Indo-European	gū-	to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

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

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū- →Every word from Latin cōn- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet- →