Where does “pronity” come from?
pronity (English) comes from Latin pronitas, from Latin pronus, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
pronity (English): proneness to do something; propensity
Definitions
- proneness to do something; propensity
Ancestry of “pronity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | pronitas | — |
| 2 | Latin | pronus | turned forward, inclined, leaning, hanging; bent... |
| 3 | Latin | prō | — |
| 4 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 5 | Latin | rēōr | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |