Where does “ppreċiża” come from?

ppreċiża (Maltese) comes from Italian precisare, 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- — passed , crossed.

ppreċiża (Maltese): to state, tell exactly, state exactly, specify

Definitions

  1. to state, tell exactly, state exactly, specify

Ancestry of “ppreċiża”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianprecisareto state, fix, tell exactly, state exactly,...
2Italianprecisoprecise, exact, thorough; precise, accurate,...
3Latinpraecīsusshortened, severed
4Latinpraecīdōto cut off in front or through; shorten; sever, separate
5Latinpraebefore; in front; in front of
6Proto-Italicpraibefore; in front of
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpreh₂-before, in front
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós