Where does “unpredictedness” come from?
unpredictedness (English) comes from English unpredicted, from English unpredict, from English predict, from French prédire, from Italian predicare, from Spanish predicar, from Latin praedicō, from Latin dīcō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
unpredictedness (English): The quality of being unpredicted
Definitions
- The quality of being unpredicted
Ancestry of “unpredictedness”, step by step
unpredictedness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unpredicted
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unpredicted | Not predicted; simple past tense and past... |
| 2 | English | unpredict | To retract or falsify a previous prediction |
| 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 |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |