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Where does “pro-am” come from?

pro-am (English) comes from English amateur, from French amateur, from Latin amātor, from Latin amō, from Latin Deus, from Latin dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic deiwos — to be bright; sky, heaven.

pro-am (English): A competition in which both professional and...

Definitions

  1. A competition in which both professional and...

Ancestry of “pro-am”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishamateurA lover of something; A person attached to a...
2Frenchamateuramateur; a lover of something
3Latinamātor—
4Latinamō—
5LatinDeusGod
6Latindẹ̄vos—
7Old Latindeivosgod, deity
8Proto-Italicdeiwosgod, deity
9Proto-Indo-Europeandeywósgod
10Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven
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