prate
English
/pɹeɪt/
noun
Definitions
- Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaningful loquacity.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English praten derived from Proto-Germanic *prattuz (deceit, boastful talk, trick, cunning, boastful speech, trickery, idle boastful talk) derived from Proto-Indo-European *brodno- (rove, wander, wander about).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*brodno-
Gloss
rove, wander, wander about
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- prateful English
- prater English
- prateth English
- prattle English
- prattlebox English
- prattlement English
- prattler English
- prattlesome English
- bepraten Dutch, Flemish
- napraten Dutch, Flemish
- overpraten Dutch, Flemish
- praatbarak Dutch, Flemish
- praatgroep Dutch, Flemish
- praatprogramma Dutch, Flemish
- praatziek Dutch, Flemish
- praten Dutch, Flemish
- *brodno- Proto-Indo-European
- *prattuz Proto-Germanic
- prata Swedish
- pratglad Swedish
- pratsam Swedish
- brednia Polish
- bredzenie Polish
- bredzić Polish
- præt Old English
- prætt Old English
- praten Middle English
- prettr Old Norse
- *brediti Proto-Slavic
- praten Middle Dutch
- praat Afrikaans
- praten Middle Low German