prehistoryn.

Brit.

/priːˈhɪst(ə)ri/, U.S.

/priˈhɪstəri/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, history n.

Etymology: < pre- prefix + history n., after prehistoric adj. With sense 1a compare slightly later prehistorics n.

a. The branch of knowledge that deals with events or conditions before written or recorded history; (also) such events or conditions, or the period in which they occurred; prehistoric matters or times.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > prehistoric periods

dark ages1842

Iron Age1845

iron period1847

stone period1849

lithic age1862

Aurignac1863

stone age1864

three ages1866

Palaeolithic1869

Middle Stone Age1870

prehistory1871

stone era1873

Siwalik1877

Neolithic1878

hemera1893

Mesvinian1909

Mesolithic1931

Abbevillian1937

Devensian1968

Creswellian1969

dryas1975

the world > time > relative time > the past > history or knowledge about the past > [noun] > branches or types of history

ancient history1566

church story1581

archaeology1607

church history1609

local history1615

mythistory1731

human story1753

intellectual history1755

oral history1827

Assyriology1828

world history1833

hierologya1848

meta-history1854

Hibernologya1869

prehistory1871

proto-history1876

prehistorics1879

earth history1880

Sumerology1897

historiometry1909

black history1920

herstory1932

ethnohistory1938

meta-history1946

Annales1952

Hittitology1952

revisionism1965

longue durée1968

Warburgianism1977

1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture II. 401 The history and pre-history of man take their proper places in the general scheme of knowledge.

1888 Times 3 Oct. 8/1 The existence of the Pelasgi as a distinct and identifiable race and element in Italian or Greek history, or rather pre-history.

1902 Nature 30 Jan. 299/2 The clever etchings on bone and ivory of the cave-dwellers of Western Europe..are well known to all who interest themselves in the pre-history of man.

1931 Sunday Observer 13 Sept. 4 He..finds lay sermons of the liveliest kind in all the stocks and stones of pre-history.

1978 Amer. Notes & Queries Feb. 96/2 Traditionally, prehistory has been concerned with that period of time before the appearance of writing.

2003 Oxoniensia 67 27 Particularly unsatisfactory at the moment is the ‘time slice’ approach to prehistory.

b. In extended use: events or conditions leading up to a particular occurrence or phenomenon.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun] > previous circumstances or events

premises1623

status quo ante1800

prehistory1879

1879 Times 23 Sept. 6/4 Although the first musical festival, properly so called, it has a kind of history—one might say pre-history—from which the following facts may be gleaned.

1931 Time & Tide 25 July 893/1 Psychologists..are mostly bad historians, inventing—as Freud has done—their pre-history to suit their theories.

1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Dec. 746/5 The pre-history of the Civil War will not be found in the new position of the mercantile and industrial classes.

1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 27 Oct. 40/2 The post-history of a work..is as indispensable to the critic as its pre-history, its sources and the tradition it came from.

2002 Church Times 12 July 22/2 Thomson begins with the 19th-century pre-history of the Levi family, and then traces Primo Levi's life in stages, from his birth in 1919.

2. hyperbolically. A period in the relatively recent past, considered as an extremely long time ago. Cf. prehistoric adj. 2.

ΚΠ

1984 S. Naipaul Beyond Dragon's Mouth i. 25 I was a town boy through and through. The country belonged to a vague pre-history.

1987 I. Sinclair White Chappell Scarlet Tracings iv. 43 Young Kernan was a rock goffer, wounds running back to the prehistory of the early 70ies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prehistory
释义	prehistoryn. Brit. /priːˈhɪst(ə)ri/, U.S. /priˈhɪstəri/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, history n. Etymology: < pre- prefix + history n., after prehistoric adj. With sense 1a compare slightly later prehistorics n. 1. a. The branch of knowledge that deals with events or conditions before written or recorded history; (also) such events or conditions, or the period in which they occurred; prehistoric matters or times. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > prehistoric periods dark ages1842 Iron Age1845 iron period1847 stone period1849 lithic age1862 Aurignac1863 stone age1864 three ages1866 Palaeolithic1869 Middle Stone Age1870 prehistory1871 stone era1873 Siwalik1877 Neolithic1878 hemera1893 Mesvinian1909 Mesolithic1931 Abbevillian1937 Devensian1968 Creswellian1969 dryas1975 the world > time > relative time > the past > history or knowledge about the past > [noun] > branches or types of history ancient history1566 church story1581 archaeology1607 church history1609 local history1615 mythistory1731 human story1753 intellectual history1755 oral history1827 Assyriology1828 world history1833 hierologya1848 meta-history1854 Hibernologya1869 prehistory1871 proto-history1876 prehistorics1879 earth history1880 Sumerology1897 historiometry1909 black history1920 herstory1932 ethnohistory1938 meta-history1946 Annales1952 Hittitology1952 revisionism1965 longue durée1968 Warburgianism1977 1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture II. 401 The history and pre-history of man take their proper places in the general scheme of knowledge. 1888 Times 3 Oct. 8/1 The existence of the Pelasgi as a distinct and identifiable race and element in Italian or Greek history, or rather pre-history. 1902 Nature 30 Jan. 299/2 The clever etchings on bone and ivory of the cave-dwellers of Western Europe..are well known to all who interest themselves in the pre-history of man. 1931 Sunday Observer 13 Sept. 4 He..finds lay sermons of the liveliest kind in all the stocks and stones of pre-history. 1978 Amer. Notes & Queries Feb. 96/2 Traditionally, prehistory has been concerned with that period of time before the appearance of writing. 2003 Oxoniensia 67 27 Particularly unsatisfactory at the moment is the ‘time slice’ approach to prehistory. b. In extended use: events or conditions leading up to a particular occurrence or phenomenon. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun] > previous circumstances or events premises1623 status quo ante1800 prehistory1879 1879 Times 23 Sept. 6/4 Although the first musical festival, properly so called, it has a kind of history—one might say pre-history—from which the following facts may be gleaned. 1931 Time & Tide 25 July 893/1 Psychologists..are mostly bad historians, inventing—as Freud has done—their pre-history to suit their theories. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Dec. 746/5 The pre-history of the Civil War will not be found in the new position of the mercantile and industrial classes. 1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 27 Oct. 40/2 The post-history of a work..is as indispensable to the critic as its pre-history, its sources and the tradition it came from. 2002 Church Times 12 July 22/2 Thomson begins with the 19th-century pre-history of the Levi family, and then traces Primo Levi's life in stages, from his birth in 1919. 2. hyperbolically. A period in the relatively recent past, considered as an extremely long time ago. Cf. prehistoric adj. 2. ΚΠ 1984 S. Naipaul Beyond Dragon's Mouth i. 25 I was a town boy through and through. The country belonged to a vague pre-history. 1987 I. Sinclair White Chappell Scarlet Tracings iv. 43 Young Kernan was a rock goffer, wounds running back to the prehistory of the early 70ies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1871
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