Etymology

imprecise

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Today it means: Not precise or exact; containing some error or uncertainty. Full definition →

English precise ← Middle French précis ← Latin praecīsus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishim-
  7. Latinpraecīdō
  8. Latinpraecīsus
  9. Middle Frenchprécis
  10. Englishprecise
  11. English todayimprecise

From im- + precise.

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