Etymology of the English word premedieval
the English word
premedievalderived from the English word
medievalderived from the Latin word
medium aevumderived from the Late Latin word
aevum (time, time of life, age)
derived from the Greek word
aion, αἰών (properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*aiw-derived from the New Latin word
medium (middle, center; medium)
derived from the Latin word
medius (middle; mediator; one who stands in the middle, one who comes between; middle, middle of, mid)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*medhyo-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
