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- Latin · derived frompraecautio
- French · derived fromprécaution
- English todayprecaution
From French précaution, Latin praecautio, from praecavere, praecautum (“to guard against beforehand”); prae (“before”) + cavere (“be on one's guard”). See pre-, and caution.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.