Where does “prediscover” come from?
prediscover (English) comes from English Discover, from Middle English discoveren, from Old French descovrir, from Latin discoperīre, from Latin discooperiō, from Latin cooperiō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
prediscover (English): To discover beforehand
Ancestry of “prediscover”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Discover | — |
| 2 | Middle English | discoveren | — |
| 3 | Old French | descovrir | to uncover, to reveal; to discover |
| 4 | Latin | discoperīre | — |
| 5 | Latin | discooperiō | — |
| 6 | Latin | cooperiō | — |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | — |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |