Where does “pronator” come from?
pronator (English) comes from French pronateur, from Latin prono, from Latin pronus, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
pronator (English): Any muscle that produces pronation
Definitions
- Any muscle that produces pronation
Ancestry of “pronator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pronateur | pronator |
| 2 | Latin | prono | dative masculine singular of prōnus; dative... |
| 3 | Latin | pronus | turned forward, inclined, leaning, hanging; bent... |
| 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 |