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Where does “prosaisk” come from?

prosaisk (Danish) comes from German prosaisch, from French prosaïque, from Medieval Latin prosaicus, from Latin prōsa, from Latin prorsus, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr — to fit, to fix, to put together.

prosaisk (Danish): prosaic; mundane; prosaically

Definitions

  1. prosaic; mundane; prosaically

Ancestry of “prosaisk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanprosaischprosaic
2Frenchprosaïqueprosaic
3Medieval Latinprosaicusin prose
4Latinprōsa—
5Latinprorsusstraightforward, right onwards, straight, direct;...
6Latinprō—
7Latinratusconsidered, having been considered; established,...
8Latinrēōr—
9Proto-Italicrēōrto reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
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