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'Previous' comes originally from Latin. The prefix 'pre-' (or 'prae' not 'æ' in Latin ('æ' makes a pure 'A' sound. 'ae' makes a pure 'E' sound)) indicates 'before'. The latter portion of the word, '-vious', comes from the Latin 'via' meaning 'road' or 'way' or 'by way of'. Think of 'previous', then, as literally meaning 'earlier cou

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