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Where does “precis” come from?

precis (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

precis (Latin): genitive singular of prex; prayer; a prayer, a...

Definitions

  1. genitive singular of prex; prayer; a prayer, a...

Ancestry of “precis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—

Words derived from “precis”

  • prayer
  • pray
  • praying
  • precarious
  • deprecated
  • deprecating
  • precariously
  • prayerful
  • deprecate
  • deprecation
  • precariousness
  • deprecatory
  • prayerfully
  • imprecation
  • deprecatingly
  • prayerless
  • prayest
  • prayerfulness
  • precatory
  • imprecate
  • prayerlessness
  • prayerlike
  • precative
  • outpray
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