Where does “proconsul” come from?
Proconsul comes from Latin proconsul, formed from Latin pro combined with Latin consulere, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- and per-.
proconsul (English): A magistrate who served as a consul and then as...
Definitions
- A magistrate who served as a consul and then as...
Ancestry of “proconsul”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | prōcōnsul | proconsul; a man who became governor of a province or a military commander with the authority of a consul |
| 2 | Latin | prō | for |
| 3 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 4 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |