Where does “unpredicted” come from?
unpredicted (English) comes from English unpredict, from English predict, from French prédire, from Italian predicare, from Spanish predicar, from Latin praedicō, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
unpredicted (English): Not predicted; simple past tense and past...
Definitions
- Not predicted; simple past tense and past...
Ancestry of “unpredicted”, step by step
unpredicted traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unpredict
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unpredict | To retract or falsify a previous prediction |
| 2 | English | predict | To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or... |
| 3 | French | prédire | to predict, foretell |
| 4 | Italian | predicare | to preach |
| 5 | Spanish | predicar | to preach |
| 6 | Latin | praedicō | to proclaim, declare publicly |
| 7 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English predicted
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | predicted | simple past tense and past participle of predict |