Where does “precât” come from?
precât (Romanian) comes from Romanian pre, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
precât (Romanian): just as
Definitions
- just as
Ancestry of “precât”, step by step
precât traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian pre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | pre | — |
| 2 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 3 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 4 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Romanian cât
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | cât | how much; quotient |
| 2 | Latin | quantus | how much, how many; how big |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *kʷijentos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *kʷíh₂onts | — |