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English word pray comes from Latin predico, Proto-Indo-European *pr̥sḱéti (To keep asking, to question.), Proto-Italic *preks
predico (Latin)
*pr̥sḱéti (Proto-Indo-European)
To keep asking, to question.
*preks (Proto-Italic)
precis (Latin)
precari (Latin)
*preco (Latin)
I pray, beg, exhort.
*precō (Vulgar Latin)
proier (Old French)
preier (Anglo-Norman)
preien (Middle English)
To pray.
pray (English)
Please; used to make a polite request. (obsolete) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.. (religion) To communicate with God for any reason.. To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.. To petition or solicit help from a supernatural or higher being.