Where does “svårförutsägbar” come from?
svårförutsägbar (Swedish) comes from Swedish förutsägbar, from English predictable, from English predict, from French prédire, from Italian predicare, from Spanish predicar, from Latin praedicō, from Latin dīcō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
svårförutsägbar (Swedish): unpredictable, difficult to forecast
Definitions
- unpredictable, difficult to forecast
Ancestry of “svårförutsägbar”, step by step
svårförutsägbar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish förutsägbar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | förutsägbar | predictable |
| 2 | English | predictable | Able to be predicted |
| 3 | English | predict | To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or... |
| 4 | French | prédire | to predict, foretell |
| 5 | Italian | predicare | to preach |
| 6 | Spanish | predicar | to preach |
| 7 | Latin | praedicō | to proclaim, declare publicly |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |