Where does “prolateness” come from?
prolateness (English) comes from English prolate, from Latin prolatum, from Latin proferre, from Latin profero, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.
prolateness (English): The condition or degree of being prolate
Definitions
- The condition or degree of being prolate
Ancestry of “prolateness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | prolate | Elongated at the poles; To utter; to pronounce |
| 2 | Latin | prolatum | nominative neuter singular of prōlātus;... |
| 3 | Latin | proferre | present active infinitive of prōferō; bring... |
| 4 | Latin | profero | I bring out, bring forth; I appear, show myself;... |
| 5 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |