Etymology of the English word prehistory
the English word
prehistoryusing the English prefix
pre-derived from the Latin prefix
prae-derived from the Latin word
prae (in front of; before)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*prai-derived from the English word
historyderived from the Old French word
histoirederived from the Latin word
historia (history; account; story)
derived from the Greek word
historia, ἱστορία
derived from the Greek word
historeinderived from the Greek word
historderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*weid-derived from the Latin word
historyderived from the Greek word
historia, ἱστορία
derived from the Greek word
historeinderived from the Greek word
historderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*weid-Cognates
French
préhistoireUsage
Word found in Modern English
