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Where does “préḱs” come from?
préḱs (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.
Ancestry of “préḱs”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Indo-European
preḱ-
to ask
2
Proto-Indo-European
pr̥ḱneh₂
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Words derived from “préḱs”
prayer
pray
praying
precarious
pry
deprecated
deprecating
precariously
prayerful
deprecate
deprecation
precariousness
deprecatory
prayerfully
imprecation
deprecatingly
prithee
prayerless
preces
prayest
prier
imprecatory
precarity
prayerfulness
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