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Where does “prevention” come from?

Prevention derives from Latin praeventio, from praevenio meaning to come before, combining prae- with venio to come, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots.

prevention (English): The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction...

Definitions

  1. The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction...

Ancestry of “prevention”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishprevencion—
2Finnishpreventioprevention

Words derived from “prevention”

  • chemoprevention
  • immunoprevention
  • nonprevention
  • preventional
  • angioprevention
  • antiprevention
  • prebensiyon
Every word from Finnish preventio →