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premodern en · ADJ

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 modern English premodern From pre- + modern.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Preceding or predating the modern era.
    • a premodern Chinese sculpture

Forms

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pre-modern alternative lexicographic

Relateds

medieval · premodernity · premodernist · premodernism · postmodern

Translations (5)

de prämodern (predating the modern era) · de vormodern (predating the modern era) · pl przednowoczesny (predating the modern era) · pl premodernistyczny (predating the modern era) · cmn 前現代 /前现代 (predating the modern era)