Where does “prédire” come from?

prédire (French) comes from Italian predicare, from Spanish predicar, from Latin praedicō, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

prédire (French): to predict, foretell

Definitions

to predict, foretell

Ancestry of “prédire”, step by step

prédire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian predicare

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	predicare	to preach
2	Spanish	predicar	to preach
3	Latin	praedicō	to proclaim, declare publicly
4	Latin	dīcō	to say, talk, speak, utter, mention
5	Latin	-tiō	tion, -ation, -ing
6	Latin	dissertātiō	(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
7	Latin	dissertus	arranged, disposed; explained
8	Latin	disserere	second-person singular future passive indicative...
9	Latin	dis-	asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
10	Latin	calceus	shoe
11	Latin	calx	limestone; chalk; the finish line
12	Ancient Greek	χάλιξ	small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Middle French predire

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle French	predire	to predict

Words derived from “prédire”

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ →Every word from Latin -tiō →Every word from Latin dis- →