predone

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Latin prae-lbor.

Middle English pre-

English pre-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁t

Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti

Proto-Germanic *dōną

Proto-West Germanic *dōn

Old English dōn

Middle English don

English done

English predone

From pre- + done.

Adjective

predone (comparative more predone, superlative most predone)

1. Performed in advance.
2. Worn out; exhausted.

Anagrams

• deponer, reponed

Italian

Noun

predone m (plural predoni)

1. marauder

   Synonyms: predatore, pirata, bandito, squalo, avvoltoio, brigante

   • 2020 August 30, Federico Rampini, “Portland e quella violenza degli opposti estremismi che riporta l'America agli anni '60 [Portland and that violence of extremist opposites that is bringing America back to the 60's]”, in la Repubblica‎^[1]:

     C'è una piccola borghesia nera i cui negozi vengono svuotati da bande di predoni, nei quartieri dove le gang organizzate riempiono i vuoti lasciati dalla polizia in ritirata.

     There is a small black bourgeoisie whose stores are being emptied out by gangs of marauders, in the neighborhoods where organized gangs fill the gaps left by the police in retreat.

Anagrams

• penderò, perendo