Where does “preprohibition” come from?
preprohibition (English) comes from English prohibition, from Old French prohibicion, from Latin prohibitio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
preprohibition (English): Before Prohibition period during which alcoholic beverages were restricted or banned
Definitions
- Before Prohibition period during which alcoholic beverages were restricted or banned
Ancestry of “preprohibition”, step by step
preprohibition traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English prohibition
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | prohibition | An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing,... |
| 2 | Old French | prohibicion | prohibition |
| 3 | Latin | prohibitio | prohibition, prevention |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |