Where does “prevaricate” come from?
prevaricate (English) comes from Latin praevaricatus, from Latin praevaricor, from Latin vāricō, from Latin vāricus, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
prevaricate (English): To deviate, transgress; to go astray; To shift or...
Definitions
- To deviate, transgress; to go astray; To shift or...
Ancestry of “prevaricate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | praevaricatus | transgressed |
| 2 | Latin | praevaricor | I walk crookedly; I transgress, violate or sin... |
| 3 | Latin | vāricō | to spread the legs apart; to straddle |
| 4 | Latin | vāricus | with feet spread apart, straddling |
| 5 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |