predictor
/pɹɪˈdɪktə/prih-DIK-tur
/pɹɪˈdɪktɚ/prih-DIK-tur
Meaninga person or thing that predicts
Common meaning: a person or thing that predicts (inferred)
- prebefore
- dictto say, speakLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 570 · scan
- oragent ending: the doer, or the device that does it
‘before’ + ‘to say, speak’ → predictor
Journey through time
- Latindīcō, dīxī, dictum‘to say, speak’
- Englishpredict‘to say what will happen before it does’
- Englishformed in English from predictpredictor‘a person or thing that predicts (inferred)’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: a person or thing that predicts. It can be inferred from any of: predict.
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: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Formed in English from predict + -or (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- dīcō, dīxī, dictum Latin “to say, speak”
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