Where does “floodprone” come from?
floodprone (English) comes from English prone, from Middle English prone, from Latin pronus, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
floodprone (English): That is prone (liable) to flooding
Definitions
- That is prone (liable) to flooding
Ancestry of “floodprone”, step by step
floodprone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English prone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | prone | Lying face downward; Having a downward... |
| 2 | Middle English | prone | — |
| 3 | Latin | pronus | turned forward, inclined, leaning, hanging; bent... |
| 4 | Latin | prō | for |
| 5 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 6 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via English flood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flood | A overflow of water from a lake or other body of... |
| 2 | Middle English | flod | A waterbody or water in general; A flood; a... |
| 3 | Old English | flōd | river, flood |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | flōdu | river; flood |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | flōduz | river; flood |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plōw- | to flow, swim; to pour, wash |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |