Where does “precario” come from?

precario (Italian) comes from Latin precārius, from Latin prex, from Proto-Italic preks, from Proto-Indo-European préḱs, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

precario (Italian): precarious; shaky; lacking tenure

Definitions

  1. precarious; shaky; lacking tenure

Ancestry of “precario”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinprecāriusrelated to entreaty or petition
2Latinprexprayer; request; entreaty
3Proto-Italicpreks—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpréḱs—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—

Words derived from “precario”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European préḱs →
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