Pronounced: WING-kuhl, noun/verb
Notes: I knew the verb meaning, but not the noun
Yesterday’s word
The word presage means
- to give an omen or warning of; foreshadow
- foretell; predict
- to make or utter a prediction
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid- to late 1300s
Background / Comments
Our word – the verb presage – was predated by a noun presage (omen). Our word comes from the Latin prefix prae- and the adjective sagus (prophetic).
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