prognosticable

prognosticable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *pér
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *próder.
Ancient Greek πρό (pró)
Ancient Greek προ- (pro-)
Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder.
Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis)
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Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
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Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)
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Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
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Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós)
Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós)
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Ancient Greek προ- (pro-)
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Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs)
Ancient Greek πρόγνωσῐς (prógnōsĭs)
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Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós)
Ancient Greek προγνωστῐκός (prognōstĭkós)der.
Medieval Latin prognosticus
Proto-Italic *-āzi
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Latin -ereinflu.
Latin -āre
Medieval Latin prognosticareder.
English prognosticate
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English prognosticable

    From prognosticate + -able.

    Adjective

    prognosticable (not comparable)

    1. Capable of being prognosticated or foretold; predictable.
      • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
        it is not reasonable from variable and unstable causes to derive a fixed and constant effect, and such are the causes of this inundation, which cannot indeed be regular, and therefore their effects not prognosticable

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