Where does “prerecruitment” come from?
prerecruitment (English) comes from English recruitment, from English recruit, from French recruter, from German Rekrut, from French recreute, from French recrue, from Old French recreu, from Old French recreistre.
prerecruitment (English): Prior to recruitment
Definitions
- Prior to recruitment
Ancestry of “prerecruitment”, step by step
prerecruitment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English recruitment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | recruitment | The process or art of finding candidates for a... |
| 2 | English | recruit | A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a... |
| 3 | French | recruter | to recruit |
| 4 | German | Rekrut | recruit; A soldier of the lowest rank in the... |
| 5 | French | recreute | — |
| 6 | French | recrue | recruit |
| 7 | Old French | recreu | — |
| 8 | Old French | recreistre | — |
via English pre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pre | Before; Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate; To... |
| 2 | Latin | prae | before; in front; in front of |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | prai | before; in front of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |