prognose

P3R1O1G2N1O1S1E1

verb

To make a prognosis.

OriginEnglish prognosisbf. ← Late Latin prognōsi ← Ancient Greek πρόγνωσις (prógnōsis) →
Scrabble 11
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbprognose (third-person singular simple present prognoses, present participle prognosing, simple past and past participle prognosed)

present singular third person prognoses · participle present prognosing · participle past prognosed · past prognosed

  1. transitivemedicineTo make a prognosis.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Ancient Greekπρό (pró)
  5. Ancient Greekπρο- (pro-)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃tis
  8. Ancient Greekγνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs)
  9. Ancient Greekπρόγνωσις (prógnōsis)
  10. Late Latinprognōsi
  11. Englishprognosisbf.
  12. Englishprognose

Back-formation from prognosis.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

sporogen
Cite this entry
APA

prognose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prognose

MLA

“prognose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prognose. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prognose,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prognose.

Source: prognose on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.