Where does “precare” come from?

precare (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin precārī, from Latin prex, from Proto-Italic preks, from Proto-Indo-European préḱs, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

precare (Vulgar Latin): second-person singular present active imperative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present active imperative...

Ancestry of “precare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinprecārī—
2Latinprexprayer; request; entreaty
3Proto-Italicpreks—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpréḱs—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European préḱs →