praecido

Latin

verb
Definitions
  • I cut off in front or through; shorten; sever, separate.
  • I beat to pieces, batter, smash.
  • (nautical) I cut off or across, avoid, sail straight.
  • (of discourse) I cut short, abridge; I am brief; break off or finish abruptly.
  • I break off, cut off, end, destroy.
  • I deny flatly, refuse, decline.

Etymology

Affix from Latin caedō (cut, strike, hew, I cut, kill, fall, fell, I cut down) root from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (bend, in front, before).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*preh₂-

Gloss

bend, in front, before

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

前

Emoji

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