{"era":"current","word":"preoccupy","meaning":"to occupy or engross beforehand","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"pre-","meaning":"before","children":[],"language":"Latin"},{"era":"late Middle English","word":"occupy","meaning":"to take possession of; to engage","children":[{"era":"1200s","word":"occuper","meaning":"to seize, occupy","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"occupāre","meaning":"to seize, take possession of","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"capere","meaning":"to take, seize","children":[],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Old French"}],"language":"English"}],"language":"Modern English"}