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Where does “impreciso” come from?

impreciso (Italian) comes from Italian preciso, from Latin praecīsus, from Latin praecīdō, from Latin prae, from Proto-Italic prai, from Proto-Indo-European preh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

impreciso (Italian): inaccurate, imprecise, inexact, vague

Definitions

  1. inaccurate, imprecise, inexact, vague

Ancestry of “impreciso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianprecisoprecise, exact, thorough; precise, accurate,...
2Latinpraecīsus—
3Latinpraecīdō—
4Latinpraebefore; in front; in front of
5Proto-Italicprai—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpreh₂-before, in front
7Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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