Where does “pronoun” come from?

Pronoun comes from Ancient Greek πρό meaning "before" combined with a form meaning "name," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots including h₁nómn̥ and h₃neh₃-.

pronoun (English): A type of noun that refers anaphorically to...

Definitions

  1. A type of noun that refers anaphorically to...

Ancestry of “pronoun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchpronompronoun
2Latinprōnōmenpronoun
3Latinnōmenname
4Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be

Words derived from “pronoun”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti →Every word from Latin est →