prognostic C2+ Topic:Time 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... predictivepropheticindicativepresagingportentouspredictorsignomen Word family Derived forms prognosticateprognosticationprognostically Related forms prognosisdiagnostic Etymology AI details 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 View etymology graph -> Topics Time Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Time - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown