Where does “prompt” come from?
Prompt comes from French prompt, from Latin promptus meaning "brought forth," derived from Latin promere "to bring forward," combining Latin pro "forward" with a root from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- "to grow or swell."
prompt (English): Quick; acting without delay; On time; punctual;...
Definitions
- Quick; acting without delay; On time; punctual;...
Ancestry of “prompt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | prompt | — |
| 2 | Latin | prōmptus | a taking forth |
| 3 | Latin | prōmō | to take or bring out or forth, produce, bring to light |
| 4 | Latin | prō | for |
| 5 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 6 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |