prognostic

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /prɑɡˈnɑstɪk/ UK /prɒɡˈnɒstɪk/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
foretelling a future course; a sign or forecast of what will happen

The falling barometer was a prognostic of the coming storm.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · foretelling a future... predictive prophetic indicativepresagingportentous predictor sign omen

Word family

Derived forms prognosticate prognosticationprognostically

Related forms prognosis diagnostic

Etymology

From Latin prognosticum, from Ancient Greek prognōstikon ('foretelling'), from progignōskein ('to know beforehand'), from pro- ('before') + gignōskein ('to know').

prognōstikon Ancient Greek gignōskein Ancient Greek *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# prognostic

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /prɑɡˈnɑstɪk/
**IPA (UK):** /prɒɡˈnɒstɪk/

## Meanings
1. foretelling a future course; a sign or forecast of what will happen

## Examples
- The falling barometer was a prognostic of the coming storm.

## Synonyms
- predictive
- prophetic
- indicative
- presaging
- portentous
- predictor
- sign
- omen

## Derived Forms
- prognosticate
- prognostication
- prognostically

## Related Forms
- prognosis
- diagnostic

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: prognōstikon
- Root: gignōskein
- Root: *ǵneh₃-

## Etymology
From Latin prognosticum, from Ancient Greek prognōstikon ('foretelling'), from progignōskein ('to know beforehand'), from pro- ('before') + gignōskein ('to know').

## AI Etymology
Prognostic is from Latin prognosticum, from Ancient Greek prognōstikon ('foretelling'), from progignōskein ('to know beforehand'), from pro- ('before') + gignōskein ('to know'). Important recorded forms include prognōstikon (Ancient Greek), gignōskein (Ancient Greek), and *ǵneh₃- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers foretelling a future course; a sign or forecast of what will happen. The wider family includes derived forms such as prognosticate, prognostication, and prognostically and related words such as prognosis and diagnostic.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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