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prognose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
prog-nose
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make a prognosis.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs) Ancient Greek πρόγνωσῐς (prógnōsĭs)bor. Late Latin prognōsislbor. English prognosisbf. English prognose Back-formation from prognosis.

Usage

Inflected Forms

prognoses (present, singular) prognosing (participle, present) prognosed (participle, past) prognosed (past)

Frequently Paired Words

prognosticate

Questions

What does prognose mean?
To make a prognosis.
Where does prognose come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs) Ancient Greek πρόγνωσῐς (prógnōsĭs)bor. Late Latin prognōsislbor. English prognosisbf. English prognose Back-formation from prognosis.

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