English
predation
Predation comes from Latin praedātiō, from praedor ‘pillage, plunder’, and ultimately from praeda.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraeda‘plunder, spoils’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraedor‘pillage, plunder’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraedātiō
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1547predation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraeda‘plunder, spoils’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraedor‘pillage, plunder’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraedātiō
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1547predation
Earliest quotation: a. 1547, Edward Hall, The XVII Yere: “[…]this priest roade in his goune of velvet, with…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- ‘to find’
yet, guess, surprise, prison, prize, comprehensive, comprise, comprehend, apprentice, comprehension, apprehensive, apprehend, reprehensible, apprehension, reprieve, beget, impregnable, impresario, prehensile, 33 more
through Latin praedor ‘pillage, plunder’
Today it means
noun The preying of one animal on others.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin praeda / predation