English
predacity
Predacity comes from Latin praedor ‘to acquire loot, such as through robbery or war’, and goes back to praeda.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraeda‘plunder, booty, loot’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraedor‘to acquire loot, such as through robbery or war’
- Englishtodaypredacity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraeda‘plunder, booty, loot’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraedor‘to acquire loot, such as through robbery or war’
- Englishtodaypredacity
Formed from -acity
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- ‘to find’
yet, guess, prison, surprise, prize, comprehensive, comprise, apprentice, comprehend, comprehension, apprehension, apprehensive, apprehend, reprehensible, reprieve, beget, impregnable, impresario, prehensile, 32 more
through Latin praedor ‘to acquire loot, such as through robbery or war’
Today it means
noun The quality of being predaceous.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin praeda / predacity