English
prediction
Prediction comes from Latin praedictiō ‘foretelling, prediction’, and goes back to praedīcō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraedīcō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraedictiōas praedictiō‘foretelling, prediction’
- Englishearliest quotation 1978prediction
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraedīcō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpraedictiōas praedictiō‘foretelling, prediction’
- Englishearliest quotation 1978prediction
Earliest quotation: 1978, 1976, Leszek Kołakowski: “It was a communist revolution in the sense that…”
Formed from predict + -ion
Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- ‘to show’
Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti ‘to show, point out’
Proto-Italic *deikō ‘to show, indicate’
Latin dīcō ‘to say’
Latin praedicō ‘to mention beforehand’
English predict
Linked words
through Latin praedīcō
Today it means
noun A statement of what will happen in the future.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin praedīcō / prediction