Where does “precipitance” come from?
precipitance (English) comes from English precipitant, from French précipitant, from Latin praecipitans, from Latin praecipitō, from Latin praeceps, from Latin -ceps, from Old Latin -cipes, from Proto-Italic -kaputis — to seize, hold.
precipitance (English): Precipitancy
Ancestry of “precipitance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | precipitant | That falls headlong, or causes a headlong fall;... |
| 2 | French | précipitant | present participle of précipiter |
| 3 | Latin | praecipitans | throwing |
| 4 | Latin | praecipitō | — |
| 5 | Latin | praeceps | head first, headlong; steep, precipitous; hasty,... |
| 6 | Latin | -ceps | -headed; -fold; -catcher |
| 7 | Old Latin | -cipes | "third declension"; Alternative form of -ceps;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -kaputis | -headed |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
Words derived from “precipitance”