Where does “prevaricating” come from?
prevaricating (English) comes from English prevaricate, from Latin praevaricatus, from Latin praevaricor, from Latin vāricō, from Latin vāricus, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός — -y, -ic.
prevaricating (English): present participle of prevaricate
Definitions
- present participle of prevaricate
Ancestry of “prevaricating”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | prevaricate | To deviate, transgress; to go astray; To shift or... |
| 2 | Latin | praevaricatus | transgressed |
| 3 | Latin | praevaricor | I walk crookedly; I transgress, violate or sin... |
| 4 | Latin | vāricō | to spread the legs apart; to straddle |
| 5 | Latin | vāricus | with feet spread apart, straddling |
| 6 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |