English
predacean
Predacean comes from Latin praeda ‘prey’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraeda‘prey’
- Englishearliest quotation 1835predacean
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraeda‘prey’
- Englishearliest quotation 1835predacean
Earliest quotation: 1835, William Kirby, William Spence: “Predaceans or Zoophagans”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- ‘to find’
yet, guess, prison, surprise, prize, comprehensive, comprise, comprehend, comprehension, apprentice, apprehension, apprehensive, apprehend, reprehensible, reprieve, beget, impregnable, impresario, prehensile, 32 more
through Latin praeda ‘prey’
Today it means
noun Any carnivorous animal.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin praeda / predacean