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Where does “precor” come from?

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

precor (Latin): I beseech, beg, pray, entreat; I wish well or ill...

Definitions

  1. I beseech, beg, pray, entreat; I wish well or ill...

Ancestry of “precor”, step by step

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

Words derived from “precor”

  • 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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