Where does “proforeign” come from?
proforeign (English) comes from English pro, from English professional, from English profession, from Anglo-Norman professioun, from Old French profession, from Latin professiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
proforeign (English): Supporting or favouring what is foreign
Definitions
- Supporting or favouring what is foreign
Ancestry of “proforeign”, step by step
proforeign traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pro | An advantage of something, especially when... |
| 2 | English | professional | A person who belongs to a profession; A person... |
| 3 | English | profession | A declaration of belief, faith or one's opinion,... |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | professioun | — |
| 5 | Old French | profession | profession; declaration |
| 6 | Latin | professiō | declaration, avowal, profession (act of professing) |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English foreign
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | foreign | Located outside a country or place, especially... |
| 2 | Middle English | foreyn | Nonlocal; not from or in one's town or immediate... |
| 3 | Old French | forain | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | foranus | outsider, outlander |
| 5 | Latin | forās | outside, outdoors (destination) |
| 6 | Latin | -ās | Used to form gentilic adjectives with the meaning "of/from" a country or place |
| 7 | Latin | -ātis | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |