Where does “preverify” come from?
preverify (English) comes from English verify, from Old French verifier, from Latin vērificāre, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
preverify (English): To verify in advance
Definitions
- To verify in advance
Ancestry of “preverify”, step by step
preverify traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English verify
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | verify | To substantiate or prove the truth of something;... |
| 2 | Old French | verifier | to verify |
| 3 | Latin | vērificāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
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 |