English
predicate
Predicate comes from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- ‘to point out, to show’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deyḱ-‘to point out, to show’root as named · steps between not traced
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400predicat
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500predicat(e)
- Englishearliest quotation 1988predicate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deyḱ-‘to point out, to show’root as named · steps between not traced
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400predicat
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500predicat(e)
- Englishearliest quotation 1988predicate
Earliest quotation: 1988, Andrew Radford, Cambridge: “In the light of this observation, consider Number Agreement…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- ‘to point out, to show’
index, teach, toe, token, dictionary, digit, indicate, indication, paradigm, indicator, addict, contradictory, contradiction, dictator, ditto, contradict, indicative, dictate, syndicate, ditty, diction, dictum, tache, interdict, syndicalism, dict, indicia, 44 more
Another origin of predicate
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂yew-‘straight, upright, right’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂yéwosuncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jowos‘court of law’uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūs‘law, right’uncertain
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūdex‘judge’uncertain
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūdicō‘to judge’uncertain
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdicō‘dedicate, assign to’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraedicō‘to publish, declare, proclaim’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraedicātus‘proclaimed, having been proclaimed, declared publicly, having been declared publicly’perfect passive participle of praedicō
- Englishtodaypredicate
Today it means
noun The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- / predicate