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prealphabet

noun

Etymology

From pre- + alphabet.

  1. derived from ἀλφάβητος
  2. derived from alphabētum
  3. inherited from alphabete
  4. prefixed as prealphabet — “pre + alphabet”

Definitions

  1. A writing system that was used before an alphabet, or later developed into an alphabet.

    • Our own dearly beloved Anglo Saxons used a very basic prealphabet consisting of 'runes' (straight lines scratched onto wood, bone or stone) called, rather quaintly I think, 'futhorc.'

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for prealphabet. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA