英语词汇“Indo-European root: prek-”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Indo-European root: prek-

释义

‌‌prek-
To ask, entreat. Oldest form *prek̑‑, becoming *prek‑ in centum languages.

Basic form *prek‑. pray, prayer¹, precarious; deprecate, imprecate, prie-dieu, from *prex, prayer (attested only in the plural precēs), with Latin denominative precārī, to entreat, pray.
Suffixed zero-grade form *pr̥k-sk‑ becoming *pork-sk‑, contracted to *posk‑ in suffixed form *posk-to‑, contracted to *posto‑. postulate; expostulate, from Latin postulāre, to ask, request.

[Pokorny 4. perk̑‑ 821.]

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