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

Derived terms

(substituting for): pro-form, pronoun, pro-sentence; pro-drop

Translations

prefix meaning supporting or favouring

French: pro- (fr)
Georgian: პრო- (ṗro-)
Hebrew: פְּרוֹ־ (he) (p'ro-)
Malay: pro- (ms)
Maori: pūaroha
Polish: pro- (pl)
Russian: про- (ru) (pro-)

Etymology 2

From Latin pro- (“forward direction, forward movement”).

Prefix

pro-

forward movement
- progress compared to regress

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”).

Prefix

pro-

earlier; prior
(biology) precursor (molecule)
Coordinate term: prepro-
rudimentary
in front of

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with pro-

Translations

prefix

Czech: před-
Irish: ur-
Polish: przed- (pl)

Antonyms

Anagrams

RPO, opr., ROP, orp, OPr., POR

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pro ]

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

Czech terms prefixed with pro-

French

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prō (“in front of”).

Prefix

pro-

pro-

Derived terms

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European *pro-. Synchronically served as the prefix counterpart to the preposition prō.

Pronunciation

pro-

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [prɔ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pro]

prō-

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈproː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔː]

Prefix

prō- or pro-

forward direction, forward movement
prō- + clīvus + -is → prōclīvis

‎prōd- + ‎eō → ‎prōdeō

‎prō- + ‎gradior → ‎prōgredior
1. 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