prae-

prae-

1. (archaic, technical, or pedantic) Alternative form of pre-.

• Earp, Pera, Rape, aper, pare, pear, rape, reap

• pre- (Medieval Latin)
• p͛- (abbreviation, Medieval Latin)

Inherited from Proto-Italic *prai-, from *prai, from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-, from *per-. Related to prae (“before”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [prae̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pre]

prae-

1. before; in front
2. in charge
3. of very high degree

• Italian: pre-
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: pre-
• Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Galician: pre-
  • Portuguese: pre-
• → Old Spanish:
  • Spanish: pre-
• → English: pre-
• → French: pré-
• → German: prä-
• → Norwegian: pre-
• → Portuguese: pré-
• → Romanian: pre-