predecir
/pɾedeˈθiɾ/ · B2 · verb
to predict
🔮 pre + decir = to say before: you say it before it happens
From Latin praedicere, prae (before) + dicere (to say). Decir is 'to say' in Spanish, so predecir means telling what will happen before it does. English predict comes from the same Latin root.