Etymology

prescious

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Today it means: Foreknowing; prescient. Full definition →

Latin praesciu ← Proto-Indo-European *skey- ← Proto-Italic *prai-
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  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. Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*skey-
  9. Latinsciō
  10. Latinscius
  11. Latinpraesciu
  12. English todayprescious

Learned borrowing from Latin praescius.

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