Where does “proindustry” come from?
proindustry (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.
proindustry (English): In favour of industry
Definitions
- In favour of industry
Ancestry of “proindustry”, step by step
proindustry 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 industry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | industry | The tendency to work persistently. Diligence;... |
| 2 | Middle English | industry | — |
| 3 | Old French | industrie | — |
| 4 | Latin | industria | diligence, assiduousness; industry, activity;... |
| 5 | Latin | industrius | active, industrious, assiduous, diligent |
| 6 | Latin | struō | to place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | strowō | pile up; construct, build |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |