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Old Spanish
Etymology
Coromines and Pascual suspect that because Old Spanish pro was not an adjective (meaning 'brave', cf. Old French preu), the Old Spanish term was probably borrowed from Old French proece (> modern French prouesse), or alternatively from Old Occitan proeza or Old Catalan proeza. Ultimately derived from Late Latin prōde + Latin -itia. First attested in the Libro de Alexandre.
Pronunciation
Noun
proeza f
- prowess
c. 1240 – 1250, anonymous,
Libro de Alexandre , (ed. by Jesús Cañas, 1988, Madrid: Cátedra, page 408):
- El rëy Alexandre, thesoro de proeza,
arca de sapïençia, exemplo de nobleza- King Alexander, a trove of prowess, an arch of wisdom, an example of nobility...
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese proeza, from Old French proece, proeche, proesce (compare modern French prouesse) or Old Occitan proeza.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾuˈe.zɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈpɾwe.zɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾuˈe.zɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈpɾwe.zɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾuˈe.za/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈpɾwe.za/
Noun
proeza f (plural proezas)
- feat (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- Synonym: façanha
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish proeza. Coromines and Pascual suspect that because Old Spanish pro was not an adjective (meaning 'brave', cf. Old French preu), the Old Spanish term was probably borrowed from Old French proece (> modern French prouesse), or alternatively from Old Occitan proeza or an Old Catalan proeza. Ultimately derived from Late Latin prōde + Latin -itia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /pɾoˈeθa/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /pɾoˈesa/
- Rhymes: -eθa
- Rhymes: -esa
- Syllabification: pro‧e‧za
Noun
proeza f (plural proezas)
- prowess (bravery or courage, especially in battle)
- feat (heroic or extraordinary deed)
- Synonym: hazaña
Further reading
- Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “pro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 656
- “proeza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16