precatory
English
/ˈpɹɛ.kə.tə.ɹi/, /ˈpɹɛ.kəˌtɔ.ɹi/
adj
Definitions
- Expressing a wish.
- (legal) Expressing a wish but not creating any legal obligation or duty.
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (ask, woo, request).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*preḱ-
Gloss
ask, woo, request
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
聞
Emoji
🙏
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- postulate English
- precarious English
- precarity English
- deprecatio Latin
- deprecor Latin
- dēprecātiōnem Latin
- dēprecātus Latin
- imprecari Latin
- imprecātiō Latin
- percontor Latin
- postulo Latin
- precarius Latin
- precativus Latin
- precor Latin
- precārius Latin
- precārī Latin
- prex Latin
- procus Latin
- *preḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pr̥(ḱ)sḱéti, *pr̥sḱéti Proto-Indo-European
- *fragjaną Proto-Germanic
- *frehnaną Proto-Germanic
- *frigjaną Proto-Germanic
- *frēgōną Proto-Germanic
- freġnan Old English
- *prositi Proto-Slavic
- anrheg Welsh
- rheg Welsh
- *ɸarsketi Proto-Celtic
- pirs Northern Kurdish
- *preš- Proto-Balto-Slavic