Etymology of the English word preterm
the English word
pretermusing 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
termderived from the Old French word
termederived from the Latin word
terminus (boundary, limit, end)
Usage
Word found in Modern English
