Etymology

ultraprecise

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Today it means: Extremely precise. Full definition →

English precise ← Middle French précis ← Latin praecīsus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  2. Latinūls
  3. Latinultrā
  4. Englishultra-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  8. Proto-Italic*prai
  9. Proto-Italic*prai-
  10. Latinprae-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂eyd-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂éydeti
  13. Proto-Italic*kaidō
  14. Latincaedō
  15. Latinpraecīdō
  16. Latinpraecīsus
  17. Middle Frenchprécis
  18. Englishprecise
  19. English todayultraprecise

From ultra- + precise.

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