Where does “anticipating” come from?
Anticipating derives from English anticipate, from Latin anticipatus, the past participle of anticipo meaning to take beforehand, formed from Latin ante- meaning before and the root keh₂p- meaning to seize or grasp.
anticipating (English): present participle of anticipate
Definitions
- present participle of anticipate
Ancestry of “anticipating”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | anticipate | To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action |
| 2 | Latin | anticipatus | anticipated |
| 3 | Latin | anticipo | I take or get before; anticipate; I surpass,... |
| 4 | Latin | capio | I take, I capture, I catch, I seize, I take... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |