1894 Brewer’s / H / Hinder
is to hold one behind; whereas pre-vent is to go before (Anglo-Saxon hinder, behind, verb hindrian).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.