Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prestart

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: prestart
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Prior to the beginning of a race

noun

The countdown immediately before the start of a race.

Example Sentences

"BMW Oracle Racing seemed to have the prestart advantage after its skipper, Chris Dickson, locked the Kiwis out in front of the line[…]."
"The Swiss, whose only Swiss crew member is the owner Ernesto Bertarelli, have even maintained contact in the past month with the big moment approaching, practicing prestarts with Desafío Español and organizing training races with Luna Rossa Challenge."

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 start English prestart From pre- + start.

Inflected Forms

prestarts (plural)

Questions

What does prestart mean?: Prior to the beginning of a race
Where does prestart come from?: 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 start English prestart From pre- + start.

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