Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

precursory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables: pre-cur-so-ry
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Being or relating to a precursor; relating to events that will follow.

noun

A precursor; a sign of the onset of something.

Example Sentences

"precursory symptoms of a fever"

Etymology

From Latin praecursor.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: praecursor

Inflected Forms

precursories (plural)

Synonyms

introductory preambulatory precursive prodromous preliminary precursory premonitory

Questions

What does precursory mean?: Being or relating to a precursor; relating to events that will follow.
Where does precursory come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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