Where does “pretween” come from?
pretween (English) comes from English tween, from English twenty, from Middle English twenty, from Old English twēntiġ, from Proto-Germanic twai tigiwiz, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.
pretween (English): Of a child: approaching the age of approximately...
Definitions
- Of a child: approaching the age of approximately...
Ancestry of “pretween”, step by step
pretween traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tween
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tween | An action of tweening (inserting frames for continuity); a sequence of frames generated by tweening |
| 2 | English | twenty | The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen... |
| 3 | Middle English | twenty | Alternative form of twenti |
| 4 | Old English | twēntiġ | twenty |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | twai tigiwiz | twenty |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | twai | two |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |
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 |