Etymology of the English word prehominid
the English word
prehominidderived from the English word
hominidderived from the New Latin word
hominidderived from the Classical Latin word
homo (man, human being, person)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dhghem-using the Latin suffix
-idderived from the New Latin word
Hominidaederived from the Classical Latin word
homo (man, human being, person)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dhghem-using 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-Usage
Word found in Modern English