Latin word root · Prefixes
pre-: before, in front
pre- is a Latin root meaning “before, in front”. Learn its variants and explore 2 connected words.
Meaning and variants
Meaning: before, in front
Root forms: pre-, prae-
Source word: prae — before
Word family and examples
- prevent
to keep something from happening
- predict
to state that a specified event will happen in the future
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