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Etymology for preventen
preventen
to anticipate
Middle English
from
praevenīre
anticipate, forestall, to come before, to precede
Latin
praevent
Latin
from
prae
before, forth
Latin
venīre
fit, to be suitable, to come, to go
Latin
related to
gwā
To go, come
Indo-European
Words using preventen
English
prevent