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Etymology
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Prefix
pro-
- similar to
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English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin pro (“in favour of, on behalf of”).
Prefix
pro-
- agreeing with; supporting; favouring
2020 September 6, “Hong Kong police arrest 289 at protests over election delay”, in The Washington Post, Associated Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-19, Asia & Pacific:Police said that 289 people had been arrested, mostly for unlawful assembly. One woman was arrested in the Kowloon district of Yau Ma Tei on charges of assault and spreading pro-independence slogans, the police department said on its Facebook page. It said such slogans are illegal under a newly enacted national security law.
- substituting for
Translations
prefix meaning supporting or favouring
Etymology 2
From Latin pro- (“forward direction, forward movement”).
Prefix
pro-
- forward movement
Etymology 3
From Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”).
Prefix
pro-
- earlier; prior
- rudimentary
- in front of
Derived terms
Translations
Antonyms
Further reading
- “pro-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “pro-”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “pro-”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. -- lists many derived terms
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “pro-”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. -- lists many derived terms
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
Prefix
pro-
- through
- forms a perfective verb and makes the verb transitive, the direct object is related to money or time
- pro- + pít (“to drink”) → propít (“to spend sth on drinking”)
- pro- + bulet → probulet
- pro- + podnikat → propodnikat
- pro- + večírkovat → provečírkovat
- (pro- + imperfective base + se) + direction forms a perfective verb and changes the sense of motion from literal to fictive
- pro- + zdravit → prozdravit se
- pro- + rvát → prorvat se
- pro- + kouřit → prokouřit se
- pro- + žvanit → prožvanit se
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- pro-/prů- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
French
Prefix
pro-
- pro-
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prō (“in front of”).
Prefix
pro-
- pro-
Derived terms
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Combining form of prō (preposition).
Pronunciation
- pro-
- prō-
Prefix
prō- or pro-
- forward direction, forward movement
- prō- + clīvus + -is → prōclīvis
- prōd- + eō → prōdeō
- prō- + gradior → prōgredior
- downward and forward movement
- prō- + flīgō + -ō → prōflīgō
- prō- + terō → prōterō
- action directed forward or in front
- prō- + pugnō → prōpugnō
- prō- + tegō → prōtegō
- prominence
- prō- + *mineō → prōmineō
- prō- + pendeō → prōpendeō
- (prefixed to verbs of utterance) in place of, on behalf of
- prō- + clāmō → prōclāmō
- prō- + loquor → prōloquor
- bringing into being, forth, or into the open
- prō- + creō → prōcreō
- prō- + gignō → prōgignō
- prō- + *olēs → prōlēs
- prō- + emō → prōmō
- (temporally) prior, fore-
- pro- + avus → proavus
- prō- + rogō → prōrogō
- prō- + videō → prōvideō
- advantage
- prō- + cūrō → prōcūrō
- prō- + faciō → prōficiō
- prō(d)- + sum → prōsum
Derived terms
References
Polish
Etymology
From Latin pro (“in favour of, on behalf of”).
Pronunciation
Prefix
pro-
- pro-
Derived terms
Further reading
- pro- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *pro-.
Pronunciation
Prefix
pro-
- Forms perfective verbs with the following meanings:
- moving through
- pro- + sẹ́vati (“to radiate”) → prosẹ́vati (“to shine through”)
Derived terms
Category Slovene terms prefixed with pro- not found
Spanish
Prefix
pro-
- pro-
Derived terms
Further reading