prehistórico

See also: pré-histórico

Spanish

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.

Spanish pre-

Spanish histórico

Spanish prehistórico

From pre- + histórico.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeisˈtoɾiko/ [pɾei̯sˈt̪o.ɾi.ko]
• Rhymes: -oɾiko
• Syllabification: prehis‧tó‧ri‧co

Adjective

prehistórico (feminine prehistórica, masculine plural prehistóricos, feminine plural prehistóricas)

1. prehistoric

Related terms

• historia

Further reading

• “prehistórico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025