pre-date (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[pre-date 词源字典]
also predate, 1859, "to antedate, to assign an earlier date to," from pre- + date (n.1) "point in time." As "to exist before," from 1857. Related: Pre-dated; pre-dating.[pre-date etymology, pre-date origin, 英语词源]