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pre-exist (v.)[pre-exist 词源字典]: 1590s, from pre- + exist. Related: Pre-existed; pre-existing.[pre-exist etymology, pre-exist origin, 英语词源]
pre-existence (n.): 1650s, from pre- + existence.
pre-existing (adj.): also preexisting, 1590s, past participle adjective from pre-exist. The medical insurance pre-existing condition is attested from 1942.
pre-law (adj.): "of or pertaining to study in preparation for law school," 1961, American English, from pre- + law (school).
pre-med (n.): "undergraduate student in preparation for medical school," 1934, from premedical. From 1941 as "a major in preparation for medical training." As an adjective from 1936.
pre-op (n.): 1913 as short for pre-operative (preparation).
pre-order (v.): 1630s, from pre- + order (v.). Marked in OED 2nd ed. as "rare." Related: Pre-ordered; pre-ordering.
pre-owned (adj.): 1961, American English, from pre- + owned. A euphemism for used.
pre-position (v.): "to position beforehand," 1946, from pre- + position (v.). Related: Pre-positioned; pre-positioning.
Pre-Raphaelite (n., adj.): c. 1848, in reference to the "brotherhood" (founded 1847) of Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais, and others (seven in all) who, encouraged by Ruskin, sought to revive the naturalistic spirit of art in the age before Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520).
pre-record (v.): 1937, from pre- + record (v.). Related: Pre-recorded; pre-recording.
pre-registration (n.): also preregistration, 1901, from pre- + registration.
pre-release (adj.): 1916, in reference to motion pictures, from pre- + release (n.).
pre-teen (adj.): also preteen, 1926, from pre- + teen. As a noun, "pre-teen person," from 1962. Sub-teen (1944) also was used.
preach (v.): at first in late Old English predician, a loan word from Church Latin; reborrowed 12c. as preachen, from Old French preechier "to preach, give a sermon" (11c., Modern French précher), from Late Latin praedicare "to proclaim publicly, announce" (in Medieval Latin "to preach"), from Latin prae "before" (see pre-) + dicare "to proclaim, to say" (see diction). Related: Preached; preaching. To preach to the converted is recorded from 1867 (form preach to the choir attested from 1979).
preacher (n.): c. 1200, from Old French preecheor "preacher" (Modern French prêcheur), from Latin praedicatorem (nominative praedicator) "public praiser, eulogist," literally "proclaimer" (see preach). Slang short form preach (n.) is recorded by 1968, American English.
preachment (n.): late 14c., "a preaching;" earlier "an annoying or tedious speech" (c. 1300); see preach (v.) + -ment. Related: Preachments.
preachy (adj.): 1819, from preach + -y (2). Related: Preachiness.
preamble (n.): late 14c., from Old French preambule (13c.) and directly from Medieval Latin preambulum, neuter adjective used as a noun, properly "preliminary," from Late Latin praeambulus "walking before," from Latin prae- "before" (see pre-) + ambulare "to walk" (see amble (v.)).
preamplifier (n.): 1929, from pre- + amplifier. Shortened form pre-amp is attested from 1957.