English
procacious
Procacious comes from Latin procāx ‘bold, impudent’, from procō ‘ask, demand’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*preḱ-‘to ask, woo’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*prokosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocus‘suitor’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocō‘ask, demand’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocāx‘bold, impudent’
- Englishearliest quotation 1660procacious
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*preḱ-‘to ask, woo’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*prokosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocus‘suitor’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocō‘ask, demand’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocāx‘bold, impudent’
- Englishearliest quotation 1660procacious
Earliest quotation: 1660, Richard Baxter, London: Nevil Simmons: “Another piece of Vain-glory to be Denied, is in…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- ‘to ask, woo’
prayer, pray, precarious, postulate, deprecation, 25 more
through Latin procō ‘ask, demand’
arrogant, arrogance, derogatory, prerogative, derogation, 12 more
Today it means
adj Bold, forward, insolent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- / procacious