There are a lot of Japanese words that use the morpheme よ, written 予, to mean
"in advance". This clearly looks like a loan from Chinese, but I do not know
of any examples of Chinese words or texts that use 予 in such a way.

Are there any examples of the usage of 予 to mean "in advance" in Chinese? If
there are, it must have been a rather rare usage. What would explain the large
number of Japanese words that use it in this way?
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Does the use of 予 such as in 猶予 to mean "in advance" have any precedent in Chinese?
予 in Japanese is also a simplified version of 豫. 猶予 corresponds to Mandarin
犹豫.

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In modern traditional Chinese, you can use "預約( **appointment** in advance)"
and "予約" as compatible writing. 予 is much easier than 預 in writing form.
Therefore, "予" is the simplification written form of "in advance" and you have
to combine two kanji to present more meaning. [Ref: wiktionary 予約
](https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%BA%88%E7%B4%84)
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