Where does “premaintenance” come from?

premaintenance (English) comes from English maintenance, from Middle English mayntenaunce, from Old French maintenance, from Old French maintenir, from Vulgar Latin manuteneo, from Latin manu, from Latin manus, from Proto-Italic manus — human being; man; hand.

premaintenance (English): Prior to maintenance

Definitions

  1. Prior to maintenance

Ancestry of “premaintenance”, step by step

premaintenance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English maintenance

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmaintenanceActions performed to keep some machine or system...
2Middle Englishmayntenaunce
3Old Frenchmaintenance
4Old Frenchmaintenirto maintain
5Vulgar LatinmanuteneoI support, maintain
6Latinmanuablative singular of manus; by hand; with the...
7Latinmanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting
8Proto-Italicmanushand
9Proto-Indo-Europeanman-human being; man; hand

via English pre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpreBefore; Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate; To...
2Latinpraebefore; in front; in front of
3Proto-Italicpraibefore; in front of
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpreh₂-before, in front
5Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European man-Every word from Proto-Italic manusEvery word from Latin manus
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