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
- prosaic; mundane; prosaically
Ancestry of “prosaisk”, step by step
prosaisk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German prosaisch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | prosaisch | prosaic |
| 2 | French | prosaïque | prosaic |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | prosaicus | in prose |
| 4 | Latin | prōsa | prose |
| 5 | Latin | prorsus | straightforward, right onwards, straight, direct;... |
| 6 | Latin | prō | for |
| 7 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 8 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Latin prosaicus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | prosaicus | in prose |