English
prede
Prede 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 CEpraedoras praedārī‘to acquire loot, such as through robbery or war’
- Englishearliest quotation 1577prede
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraeda‘plunder, booty, loot’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraedoras praedārī‘to acquire loot, such as through robbery or war’
- Englishearliest quotation 1577prede
Earliest quotation: 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England: “One of the Geraldins, who was ancestor to those…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- ‘to find’
yet, guess, prison, surprise, prize, comprehensive, comprise, apprentice, comprehend, comprehension, apprehension, apprehensive, reprehensible, apprehend, reprieve, beget, impregnable, impresario, prehensile, 31 more
through Latin praedor ‘to acquire loot, such as through robbery or war’
Today it means
verb To prey; to plunder.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin praeda / prede