Where does “predictor” come from?
Predictor comes from English predict, from Latin praedicere meaning to declare beforehand, from Latin dicere meaning to say, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- meaning to show.
predictor (English): Something that anticipates, predicts or...
Definitions
- Something that anticipates, predicts or...
Ancestry of “predictor”, step by step
predictor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English predict
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | predict | To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or... |
| 2 | French | prédire | to predict, foretell |
| 3 | Italian | predicare | to preach |
| 4 | Spanish | predicar | to preach |
| 5 | Latin | praedicō | to proclaim, declare publicly |
| 6 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English ‐or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 2 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |