Where does “unpredicting” come from?
unpredicting (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.
unpredicting (English): present participle of unpredict
Definitions
- present participle of unpredict
Ancestry of “unpredicting”, step by step
| 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 |