pro-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "pro"
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pro-
- similar to
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Etymology 1 edit
From Latin pro (“in favour of, on behalf of”).
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pro-
- agreeing with; supporting; favouring
- 2020 September 6, “Hong Kong police arrest 289 at protests over election delay”, in The Washington Post, Associated Press[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-19, Asia & Pacific[2]:
- 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 edit
prefix meaning supporting or favouring
Etymology 2 edit
From Latin pro- (“forward direction, forward movement”).
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pro-
Etymology 3 edit
From Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”).
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pro-
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Further reading edit
- “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
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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
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Further reading edit
- pro-/prů- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
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pro-
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Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin prō (“in front of”).
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pro-
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Alternative forms edit
- prōd- (prevocalic)
- por- (pre-Classical)
- ꝓ- (abbreviation, Medieval Latin)
Etymology edit
Combining form of prō (preposition).
Pronunciation edit
- pro-
- prō-
Prefix edit
prō- or pro-
- forward direction, forward movement
- action directed forward or in front
- prominence
- (prefixed to verbs of utterance) in place of, on behalf of
- bringing into being, forth, or into the open
- (temporally) prior, fore-
- advantage
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References edit
- “pro-” on page 1,463/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin pro (“in favour of, on behalf of”).
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pro-
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- pro- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *pro-.
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pro-
- Forms perfective verbs with the following meanings:
- moving through
- pro- + sẹ́vati (“to radiate”) → prosẹ́vati (“to shine through”)
- moving through
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Category Slovene terms prefixed with pro- not found
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pro-
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Further reading edit
- “pro-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014