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Where does “presume” come from?

Presume comes from Old French presumer, from Latin praesumo meaning to assume beforehand, combining prae- with sumo, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

presume (English): With infinitive object: to be so presumptuous as ...

Definitions

  1. With infinitive object: to be so presumptuous as ...

Ancestry of “presume”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpresumablyable to be sensibly presumed
2English-ablyUsed to form adverbs corresponding to adjectives...
3English-lyUsed to form adjectives from nouns, the...
4EnglishgrislyHorrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying;...
5Middle Englishgrisely—
6Old Englishgrisliċgrisly, horrible; dreadful, horrid
7Old English-līċsuffix forming {{glossary|adjective}}s meaning...
8Proto-Germanic*-līk—

Words derived from “presume”

  • presumably
  • presuming
  • presumable
  • unpresuming
  • presumeth
  • presumer
  • presumest
  • presumingly
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