Where does “predicativ” come from?
predicativ (Romanian) comes from French prédicatif, from French prédicat, from Late Latin praedicatum, from Latin praedico, from Latin prae-, from Proto-Italic prai-, from Proto-Indo-European preh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
predicativ (Romanian): predicative
Definitions
- predicative
Ancestry of “predicativ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | prédicatif | predicative |
| 2 | French | prédicat | predicate |
| 3 | Late Latin | praedicatum | thing said of a subject; accusative supine of... |
| 4 | Latin | praedico | I proclaim, declare publicly; I announce, make... |
| 5 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |