Where does “predelay” come from?
predelay (English) comes from English delay, from Middle English delaien, from Old French delaiier, from Old French delaissier, from Old French des, from Old French de, from Latin datum, from Latin datus — to give.
predelay (English): The delay before the first reverberation of an echo
Definitions
- The delay before the first reverberation of an echo
Ancestry of “predelay”, step by step
predelay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English delay
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | delay | A period of time before an event occurs; the act... |
| 2 | Middle English | delaien | — |
| 3 | Old French | delaiier | — |
| 4 | Old French | delaissier | to leave; to abandon |
| 5 | Old French | des | — |
| 6 | Old French | de | of; from |
| 7 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 8 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 9 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |
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 |