Where does “precool” come from?

precool (English) comes from English cool, from Middle English cool, from Middle English pek, from Middle English pike, from Old English pīc, from Proto-Germanic *pīk, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik- — sap, juice.

precool (English): To cool in advance

Definitions

  1. To cool in advance

Ancestry of “precool”, step by step

precool traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cool

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcoolHaving a slightly low temperature; mildly or...
2Middle Englishcool
3Middle Englishpekpeak
4Middle EnglishpikeAlternative form of pyke; pike; sharp point, iron...
5Old Englishpīcpointed object, pick axe
6Proto-Germanic*pīk
7Latinpixpitch, tar
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice

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 pi-