Predestine
/ˌpriːˈdɛstɪn/noun
To decide or determine in advance, especially by fate or divine will.
Did you know?The core of predestine comes from Latin destinare, “to fasten, make firm, appoint,” the same root behind destiny, so the word originally carried the sense of something bound in place.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
praedestinare
“to determine or appoint beforehand”
Late Latin
Latin
praedestinatus
“appointed beforehand, foreordained”
Old French
Old French
predestiner
“to foreordain or determine in advance”
14th Century
English
predestinen
“to foreordain by divine will”
Modern English
English
predestine
“to determine in advance”
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