Etymology

retrodict

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Today it means: To attempt to estimate the previous state from the present. Full definition →

English predict ← Latin retrō ← Proto-Italic *wre-
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  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Latinretrō
  4. Englishretro-
  5. Englishpredict
  6. English todayretrodict

From retro- + predict.

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