prehistory
noun
- history before recorded history, as learned from archaeology, etc.
- the background of incidents, etc. leading to an event, crisis, etc.
See prehistory in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(prē-hĭsˈtə-rē)
noun pl. pre·his·to·ries - History of humankind in the period before recorded history.
- The circumstances or developments leading up to or surrounding a situation, event, or development; background: “[He] then told me the curious prehistory of his obsessive interest in the seduction theory” (Janet Malcolm).
Related Forms:
- preˌhis·torˈi·an (-hĭ-stôrˈē-ən, -stŏrˈ-) noun
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