précaire
French
adj
Definitions
- precarious
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin precārius (obtained by entreaty).
Origin
Latin
precārius
Gloss
obtained by entreaty
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- precarious English
- precariously English
- precariousness English
- unprecarious English
- precarius Latin
- precāria Latin
- precārius Latin
- prex Latin
- prekär German
- précairement French
- précarisation French
- précariser French
- *preḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- prekær Norwegian Bokmål
- prekær Norwegian Nynorsk
- precari Catalan, Valencian