‖ præter-
(ˈpriːtə(r))
a L. adv. and prep. meaning ‘beyond, past, besides, except’, frequent in composition; in Eng. entering into many compounds, in which it is now generally written preter-, q.v.
A few obsolete words occur only with the spelling præter- which is also preferred in some words by individual modern writers; for all these see preter-.