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French
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *pro- French prodige
Learned borrowing from Latin prōdigium.
Pronunciation
Noun
prodige m (plural prodiges)
- prodigy, miracle
- prodigy (an extremely talented person, especially a child)
Derived terms
Further reading
Latin
Verb
prōdige
- second-person singular present active imperative of prōdigō
References
- “prodige”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “prodige”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- prodige in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.