myEtymology.com: English etymology of preoccupancy

Etymology of the English word preoccupancy

the English word preoccupancy

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-

derived from the English word occupancy

derived from the English word occupant

using the English suffix -ancy