praesumptio

Latin

Etymology

From praesūmptum (“presumed”), the supine form of praesūmō (“presume”) +‎ -tiō (“-tion: forming a noun of result”).

Noun

praesūmptiō f (genitive praesūmptiōnis); third declension

1. presumption
2. anticipation
3. obstinacy, stubbornness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	praesūmptiō	praesūmptiōnēs
Genitive	praesūmptiōnis	praesūmptiōnum
Dative	praesūmptiōnī	praesūmptiōnibus
Accusative	praesūmptiōnem	praesūmptiōnēs
Ablative	praesūmptiōne	praesūmptiōnibus
Vocative	praesūmptiō	praesūmptiōnēs

Descendants

• → Catalan: presumpció
• → German: Präsumtion
• → English: presumption
• → French: présomption
• → Galician: presunción
• → Italian: presunzione
• → Portuguese: presunção
• → Russian: презумпция (prezumpcija)
• → Spanish: presunción

References

• “praesumptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• praesumptio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.