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- Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*pér
- Proto-Indo-European*pró
- Ancient Greekπρό (pró)
- Ancient Greekπρο- (pro-)
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃tis
- Ancient Greekγνῶσις (gnôsis)
- Ancient Greekγνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós)
- Ancient Greekπρο- (pro-)
- Ancient Greekγνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs)
- Ancient Greekπρόγνωσῐς (prógnōsĭs)
- Ancient Greekπρογνωστῐκός (prognōstĭkós)
- Medieval Latinprognosticus
- English todayprognostic
From Medieval Latin prognosticus, from Ancient Greek προγνωστικός (prognōstikós, “foreknowing”), from πρό (pró) + γνωστικός (gnōstikós, “of or for knowing, good at knowing”), from γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “to learn to know, to perceive, to mark, to learn”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.