Where does “premold” come from?

premold (English) comes from English mold, from Middle English molde, from Old French modle, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

premold (English): An incomplete mold having the basic desired shape but not yet fully accurate

Definitions

  1. An incomplete mold having the basic desired shape but not yet fully accurate

Ancestry of “premold”, step by step

premold traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English mold

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmoldA hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or...
2Middle Englishmoldedirt loose soil
3Old Frenchmodle
4Latinmodulusa small measure or interval; a module; a water...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos
7Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

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 -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin modulus