Where does “prommy” come from?
prommy (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.
prommy (English): Resembling or characteristic of a prom
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a prom
Ancestry of “prommy”, step by step
prommy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English prom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (leisurely), to go for a walk, to stroll |
| 5 | Middle French | pourmener | to walk |
| 6 | Old French | pormener | to walk |
| 7 | Old French | por | for |
| 8 | Late Latin | pōr | — |
| 9 | Latin | prō | for |
| 10 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 11 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 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 |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |