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Predict

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to state in advance what one believes will happen in the future
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Stage 1 of 2
praedicere
Latin · ancient
"to say beforehand"
to say beforehand, from prae- (before) and dicere (to say)
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Stage 2 of 2
predict
English · 1600s
"to state what will happen in the future"
settled as the English word for stating what will happen in the future
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