pretransitional

English

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-
Middle French transitionbor.
English transition
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālislbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English transitional
English pretransitional

    From pre- + transitional.

    Adjective

    pretransitional (not comparable)

    1. Prior to a transition.
    2. (chemistry) Describing the temperature at which the orientations of an isotropic liquid crystal diverge
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