Where does “predictress” come from?
predictress (English) comes from English predictor, from English predict, from French prédire, from Italian predicare, from Spanish predicar, from Latin praedicō, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
predictress (English): A female predictor
Definitions
- A female predictor
Ancestry of “predictress”, step by step
predictress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English predictor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | predictor | Something that anticipates, predicts or... |
| 2 | English | predict | To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or... |
| 3 | French | prédire | to predict, foretell |
| 4 | Italian | predicare | to preach |
| 5 | Spanish | predicar | to preach |
| 6 | Latin | praedicō | to proclaim, declare publicly |
| 7 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |