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Where does “precarity” come from?

precarity (English) comes from English precarious, from English carious, from French carieux, from French carie, from Latin cariēs, from Latin careō, from Proto-Italic kazēō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱes-éh₁-ye-ti — to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...

precarity (English): a condition of existence without predictability...

Definitions

  1. a condition of existence without predictability...

Ancestry of “precarity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprecariousDangerously insecure or unstable; perilous;...
2EnglishcariousHaving caries ; decayed, rotten
3Frenchcarieuxcarious
4Frenchcariedecay , cavity; rot; rust
5Latincariēs—
6Latincareō—
7Proto-Italickazēōto lack
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱes-éh₁-ye-ti—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱes-to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...
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