{"id":3168,"date":"2024-01-13T17:04:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T17:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3168"},"modified":"2024-01-13T17:04:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T17:04:48","slug":"adventures-in-etymology-procrastination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3168","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology &#8211; Procrastination"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Procrastination\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-01-13T17:04:48+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M42S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this Adventure in Etymology we\u2019re looking into the origins of the word procrastination, unless I start procrastinating, as often happens.\n\n\n\nProcrastination [p\u0279\u0259\u028a\u02cck\u0279\u00e6s.t\u026a\u02c8ne\u026a.\u0283\u0259n] is:\n\n\nThe act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially ha...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/procrastination.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1.9\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1019\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3168-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/procrastination.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/procrastination.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/procrastination.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/procrastination.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3168-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/procrastination.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"procrastination.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this Adventure in Etymology we\u2019re looking into the origins of the word <strong>procrastination<\/strong>, unless I start procrastinating, as often happens.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/videos\/procrastination.jpg\" width=\"636\" height=\"330\" alt=\"Procrastination image\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Procrastination<\/strong> [p\u0279\u0259\u028a\u02cck\u0279\u00e6s.t\u026a\u02c8ne\u026a.\u0283\u0259n] is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It comes from Middle French <em>procrastination<\/em>, from Latin <em>pr\u014dcr\u0101stin\u0101ti\u014d<\/em> (procrastination), from <em>pr\u014dcr\u0101stin\u014d<\/em> (to procrastinate), from <em>pr\u014d<\/em> (for, before) and <em>cr\u0101stinus<\/em> (of tomorrow), from <em>cr\u0101s<\/em> (tomorrow) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/procrastination#English\">source<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same roots include <strong>craje<\/strong> [\u02c8kraj(\u0259)] (tomorrow) in Neapolitan, <strong>cras<\/strong> [kras] (tomorrow) in Sardinian, and the obsolete English word <strong>crastin<\/strong> (the day after, the morrow) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/cras#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>An antonym of <strong>procrastination<\/strong> is <strong>precrastination<\/strong> (the completion of a task too quickly or too early for the optimal outcome; the compulsion to act in this way) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/precrastination#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re a chronic <strong>procrastinator<\/strong>, as I am, you might even <strong>perendinate<\/strong> (to procrastinate for a long time, especially two days), from Latin <em>perendinare<\/em> (to defer until the day after tomorrow) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/perendinate#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, while procrastination is often seen as negative habit, it can also help you to prioritise aspects of your life that bring joy, according to an article in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/why-do-we-procrastinate-experts-explain-the-science#Are-there-any-benefits-to-procrastination?\">MedicalNewsToday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, procrastinate now! 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Procrastination [p\u0279\u0259\u028a\u02cck\u0279\u00e6s.t\u026a\u02c8ne\u026a.\u0283\u0259n] is: The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally. It comes from Middle French procrastination, from Latin pr\u014dcr\u0101stin\u0101ti\u014d (procrastination), from pr\u014dcr\u0101stin\u014d (to procrastinate), from pr\u014d (for, before) and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,20,56,4,50,140,152,1,153],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-etymology","category-english","category-etymology","category-language","category-latin","category-middle-french","category-neapolitan-napulitano","category-podcast","category-sardinian-sardu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3168"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3174,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3168\/revisions\/3174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}