Where does “unpredictably” come from?
Unpredictably derives from English unpredictable, from English predictable, from English predict, from Latin dicere meaning to say, traced to Proto-Indo-European óynos and ano-.
unpredictably (English): In an unpredictable way
Definitions
- In an unpredictable way
Ancestry of “unpredictably”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unpredictable | Unable to be predicted; An unpredictable thing |
| 2 | English | predictable | Able to be predicted |
| 3 | English | predict | To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or... |
| 4 | French | prédire | to predict, foretell |
| 5 | Italian | predicare | to preach |
| 6 | Spanish | predicar | to preach |
| 7 | Latin | praedicō | to proclaim, declare publicly |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |