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
- a condition of existence without predictability...
Ancestry of “precarity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | precarious | Dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous;... |
| 2 | English | carious | Having caries decayed, rotten |
| 3 | French | carieux | carious |
| 4 | French | carie | decay uncountable, cavity countable process or result of bone or teeth being gradually decomposed |
| 5 | Latin | cariēs | decay, rot, rottenness, corruption |
| 6 | Latin | careō | to lack, be without. (usually with ablative), to be deprived of |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kazēō | to lack |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱes-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱes- | to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to... |