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18 Oct 2026, 18:41 by bogdan “Latin la10k: Etymology forms in angle brackets instead of quotes”
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==Etymology==
− It is [[inh|itc-pro|*prō|t=before]], [[inh|ine-pro|*pro|t=in front of, before]];^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary takes the long vowel from an instrumental [[m|ine-pro|*próh₁]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) A short ⟨pro-⟩ occurs in some old compounds such as [[procul]], [[probus]] and [[proprius]]; the variant ⟨prōd-⟩ before vowels (“prōdeō”) is recent, built after ⟨red-⟩.^(de Vaan 2008) The interjection “prō!” is the same word.^(OLD 2012)
+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*prō|t=before]], [[inh|ine-pro|*pro|t=in front of, before]];^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary takes the long vowel from an instrumental [[m|ine-pro|*próh₁]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) A short ⟨pro-⟩ occurs in some old compounds such as [[procul]], [[probus]] and [[proprius]]; the variant ⟨prōd-⟩ before vowels (⟨prōdeō⟩) is recent, built after ⟨red-⟩.^(de Vaan 2008) The interjection ⟨prō!⟩ is the same word.^(OLD 2012)
Cognate with [[osc|pru]] and [[xum|pro-]], [[sa|प्र|tr=pra-]] and [[grc|πρό|tr=pró]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)