Etymology

precontemplator

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Today it means: A person who has not yet contemplated the negative repercussions of their behaviour (such as drug abuse) and is thus resistant to change. Full definition →

English contemplator ← Middle English contemplatoure ← Latin contemplātor
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  11. Proto-Italic*kom
  12. Proto-Italic*kom-
  13. Latincon-
  14. Latintemplum
  15. Latincontemplor
  16. Latincontemplātor
  17. Middle Englishcontemplatoure
  18. Englishcontemplator
  19. English todayprecontemplator

From pre- + contemplator.

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