imprecation
Meaninga praying (evil) on
Common meaning: a curse
- imin, into
- precto pray, entreatLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1439 · scan
- ationnoun ending: act or result
‘in, into’ + ‘to pray, entreat’ → imprecation
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin precor ‘to pray, entreat’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry precor, p. 1439 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry PRECARIOUS, p. 462 · dictionary scan
Roots
- precor Latin “to pray, entreat”
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