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preform en · NOUN · etymology 1

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 form English preform From pre- + form.

Meanings

  1. An object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form.
  2. The rough, incomplete and unused basic form of a stone tool.
  3. A word that is no longer in use, but has been reconstructed from current ones.
    • Trask notes that Bq. gorosti could have had *goloztri as a pre-form, in which case the presence of -r- in the Sardinian forms might be original. 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 130:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
pre-form alternative lexicographic
preforms Number=Plur lexicographic

preform en · VERB · etymology 1

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 form English preform From pre- + form.

Meanings

  1. To shape something before some other operation.

Forms

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preforming Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
preformed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
preformed Tense=Past lexicographic
preforms Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
pre-form alternative lexicographic

preform en · VERB · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of perform.
    alt of perform