Where does “prefashionable” come from?
prefashionable (English) comes from English fashionable, from English fashion, from Middle English facioun, from Anglo-Norman fechoun, from Old French façon, from Latin factiō, from Latin factus, from Latin faciō.
prefashionable (English): Prior to becoming fashionable
Definitions
- Prior to becoming fashionable
Ancestry of “prefashionable”, step by step
prefashionable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fashionable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fashionable | Characteristic of or influenced by a current... |
| 2 | English | fashion | A current trend, favored for frivolous rather... |
| 3 | Middle English | facioun | The way something looks or appears; physical... |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | fechoun | — |
| 5 | Old French | façon | way; manner; fashion |
| 6 | Latin | factiō | a political faction, a group of people acting together |
| 7 | Latin | factus | done, made, having been done or made; became |
| 8 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 9 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 10 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 11 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
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 |