Where does “prosperar” come from?
prosperar (Catalan) comes from Latin prosperare, from Latin prospero, from Old Latin pro spere, from Latin pro, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
prosperar (Catalan): to prosper
Ancestry of “prosperar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | prosperare | present active infinitive of prosperō;... |
| 2 | Latin | prospero | I further; I propitiate; dative masculine... |
| 3 | Old Latin | pro spere | according to expectation |
| 4 | Latin | pro | + "ablative"; for; on behalf of, in the interest... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |