Where does “preinaugural” come from?
preinaugural (English) comes from English inaugural, from French inaugural, from French inaugurer, from Latin inaugurō, from Latin auguro, from Latin augur, from Latvian augos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-.
preinaugural (English): Preceding or in preparation for an inauguration
Definitions
- Preceding or in preparation for an inauguration
Ancestry of “preinaugural”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inaugural | Of inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the... |
| 2 | French | inaugural | inaugural |
| 3 | French | inaugurer | to inaugurate |
| 4 | Latin | inaugurō | to divine, practice augury, take omens from the flight of birds |
| 5 | Latin | auguro | I predict, foretell, forebode; I conjecture,... |
| 6 | Latin | augur | augur (priest, diviner, or soothsayer, one who foretold the future in part by interpreting the song and flight of birds) |
| 7 | Latvian | augos | locative plural form of augs; locative plural... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |