pre‧quel /ˈpriːkwəl/
noun [countable][
Date: 1900-2000;
Origin: pre- + -quel (as in sequel)]
a book, film etc that tells you what happened before the story told in a previous popular book or film ⇒
sequelprequel to
‘The Phantom Menace’ is a prequel to ‘Star Wars’. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲