"baby born prematurely," 1927, premy, an American English shortening of premature with -y (2). Spelling with -ie attested from 1949.
predoom
pre-eclampsia
pre-elect
pre-election
pre-electric
preemie
pre-eminence
pre-eminent
pre-empt
pre-emption
pre-emptive
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