Where does “prognostic” come from?
Prognostic comes from Latin prognosticus, from Ancient Greek προγνωστικός, combining πρό- and γνῶσις, ultimately from the root ǵneh₃- meaning to know.
prognostic (English): Of, pertaining to or characterized by prognosis...
Definitions
- Of, pertaining to or characterized by prognosis...
Ancestry of “prognostic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | prognōsticus | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | προγνωστικός | foreknowing |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πρό- | in front of; before |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πρό | before; before, in front, forth, forward; before,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “prognostic”