praeoccupatio

Latin

Etymology

From prae- +‎ occupatio.

Noun

praeoccupātiō f (genitive praeoccupātiōnis); third declension

1. preoccupation
2. anticipation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	praeoccupātiō	praeoccupātiōnēs
genitive	praeoccupātiōnis	praeoccupātiōnum
dative	praeoccupātiōnī	praeoccupātiōnibus
accusative	praeoccupātiōnem	praeoccupātiōnēs
ablative	praeoccupātiōne	praeoccupātiōnibus
vocative	praeoccupātiō	praeoccupātiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: preocupació
• English: preoccupation
• French: préoccupation
• Italian: preoccupazione
• Portuguese: preocupação
• Romanian: preocupație
• Spanish: preocupación

References

• “praeoccupatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praeoccupatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praeoccupatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.