prealphabet

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pre- +‎ alphabet

Noun[edit]

prealphabet (plural prealphabets)

  1. A writing system that was used before an alphabet, or later developed into an alphabet.
    • 2018, Bob Yareham, English Actually:
      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.'
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