āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
prehistoric
/pÉšËiËhÉĒstËÉÉšÉĒk/
prehistorical
prehistoric
01
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ, āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦ
relating or belonging to the time before history was recorded
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Prehistoric humans lived in caves and used stone tools for hunting.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻā§āĻšāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ¤āĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ-āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ
referring to a stage in the development of a language for which no written records of its sounds or forms have survived
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The prehistoric stage of Indo-European languages is crucial to understanding their modern variants.
āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§-āĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ§ā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
03
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§
extremely old or outdated
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The office still uses prehistoric filing cabinets instead of digital storage.
āĻ
āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
prehistoric
historic
history
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
