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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English boom English preboom From pre- + boom.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Before a boom
From 1999 to 2007, the price of Pu’er, a fermented brew invented by Tang Dynasty traders, increased tenfold[…] before tumbling far below its preboom levels.
2009 January 17, Andrew Jacobs, “A County in China Sees Its Fortunes in Tea Leaves Until a Bubble Bursts”, in New York Times: