Where does “procrastinare” come from?
procrastinare (Romanian) comes from Romanian procrastina, from English procrastinate, from Latin procrastinatus, from Latin prōcrāstinō, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr — to fit, to fix, to put together.
procrastinare (Romanian): procrastination
Definitions
- procrastination
Ancestry of “procrastinare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | procrastina | to procrastinate |
| 2 | English | procrastinate | To delay taking action; to wait until later; To... |
| 3 | Latin | procrastinatus | |
| 4 | Latin | prōcrāstinō | to put off until tomorrow; to defer, delay, procrastinate |
| 5 | Latin | prō | for |
| 6 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 7 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |