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Etymology

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From pre- +‎ alphabet.

Noun

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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.'