praecursor

praecursor

See also: præcursor

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-
Proto-Indo-European *-éti
Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti
Proto-Italic *korzō
Latin currō
Latin praecurrō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin praecursor

    From praecurrō (“to run before”) + -tor.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    praecursor m (genitive praecursōris); third declension

    1. forerunner, vanguard
    2. spy

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative praecursor praecursōrēs
    genitive praecursōris praecursōrum
    dative praecursōrī praecursōribus
    accusative praecursōrem praecursōrēs
    ablative praecursōre praecursōribus
    vocative praecursor praecursōrēs

    Descendants

    • → Catalan: precursor
    • → English: precursor
    • → French: précurseur
    • → Galician: precursor
    • → Italian: precursore
    • → Portuguese: precursor
    • → Spanish: precursor

    References

    • “praecursor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “praecursor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “praecursor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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