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 |
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| 1 | English | inaugural | Of inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the... |
| 2 | French | inaugural | — |
| 3 | French | inaugurer | to inaugurate |
| 4 | Latin | inaugurō | — |
| 5 | Latin | auguro | I predict, foretell, forebode; I conjecture,... |
| 6 | Latin | augur | augur |
| 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- | — |