Feminine

praeda

Meaning

  1. (declension-1, feminine) plunder, booty, pillage, spoils of war, property taken in war
  2. (declension-1, feminine) prey, game taken in the hunt
  3. (declension-1, feminine) gain, profit

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈprae̯.da]
Etymology

Likely from the o-grade Proto-Italic *praiɣodā, from (with the prefix *prai-) Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-, whence also the second element in prehendō and probably also hedera.

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