precor
Latin
verb
Definitions
- I beseech, beg, pray, entreat
- I wish well or ill (to someone); I greet with a wish
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (ask, woo, request), *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
- frain English
- postulate English
- precarious English
- precarity English
- precatory English
- *precō Latin
- apprecor Latin
- deprecatio Latin
- deprecativus Latin
- deprecor Latin
- dēprecātiōnem Latin
- dēprecātus Latin
- imprecari Latin
- imprecātiō Latin
- percontor Latin
- postulo Latin
- precabundus Latin
- precarius Latin
- precativus Latin
- precārius Latin
- precārī Latin
- prex Latin
- procus Latin
- *preḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *préḱs 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
- friġnan Old English
- पृच्छति Sanskrit
- frainen Middle English
- fraynen Middle English
- fregna Old Norse
- *prositi Proto-Slavic
- preier Old French
- anrheg Welsh
- rheg Welsh
- 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *ɸarsketi Proto-Celtic
- *pr̥šćáti Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *preks Proto-Italic
- preâ Friulian
- *pr̥ćśáti Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *pr̥śćáti Proto-Indo-Aryan
- pirs Northern Kurdish
- 𑀧𑀼𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀤𑀺 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀧𑀼𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀇 Maharastri Prakrit
- *preš- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- precur Dalmatian
- ਪੁੱਛਣਾ Panjabi, Punjabi
- pragà Istriot
- phúčik Kalasha