Where does “preemptively” come from?
I need to work through this etymology chain carefully.
Looking at the chain provided:
- English preemptively
- English preempt
- Old English -līċ
- Latin -ivus
- Proto-Indo-European -iHwós
- Proto-Indo-European līg-
- Proto-Indo-European ḱóm
- Proto-Indo-European ḱóm
This chain seems problematic - it jumps from "English preempt" to "Old English -līċ" (a suffix), which doesn't make etymological sense for the word "preempt." The word "preempt" comes from Latin "praemittere" (prae- + mittere), not from Old English -līċ.
However, I'm instructed to "state only what the chain supports" and not invent. The chain as given doesn't logically connect to form
preemptively (English): in a preemptive manner
Ancestry of “preemptively”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | preëmptive | Rare spelling of preemptive |
| 2 | English | preëmpt | Rare spelling of preempt |
| 3 | English | Preëmption | — |
| 4 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | prai- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |