Where does “prokrastinace” come from?
prokrastinace (Czech) comes from English procrastination, from Middle French procrastination, from Latin prōcrāstinātiō, from Latin prōcrāstinō, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr — to fit, to fix, to put together.
prokrastinace (Czech): procrastination
Definitions
- procrastination
Ancestry of “prokrastinace”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | procrastination | The act of postponing, delaying or putting off,... |
| 2 | Middle French | procrastination | — |
| 3 | Latin | prōcrāstinātiō | a putting off until tomorrow; procrastination |
| 4 | Latin | prōcrāstinō | to put off until tomorrow; to defer, delay, procrastinate |
| 5 | Latin | prō | for |
| 6 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 7 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |