preoriginal

adjective

pre·​original

: occurring in or dating from a period preceding the accepted period of origin of something

the curious preoriginal form of the [work], an unfinished but printed version

—Modern Language Notes

preoriginally

"+

adverb

Word History

Etymology

pre- + original

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