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