Where does “prommer” come from?
prommer (English) comes from English prom, from English promenade, from French promenade, from French promener, from Middle French pourmener, from Old French pormener, from Old French por, from Late Latin pōr — to fit, to fix, to put together.
prommer (English): A person in the standing area of a promenade...
Definitions
- A person in the standing area of a promenade...
Ancestry of “prommer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | prom | a promenade concert; promenade; a formal ball... |
| 2 | English | promenade | A prom; A walk taken for pleasure, display, or... |
| 3 | French | promenade | walk; stroll |
| 4 | French | promener | to walk , to go for a walk, to stroll; to walk... |
| 5 | Middle French | pourmener | to walk |
| 6 | Old French | pormener | to walk |
| 7 | Old French | por | for |
| 8 | Late Latin | pōr | — |
| 9 | Latin | prō | — |
| 10 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 11 | Latin | rēōr | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |