Where does “prosaicness” come from?
prosaicness (English) comes from English prosaic, from Middle French prosaïque, from Medieval Latin prosaicus, from Latin prōsa, from Latin prorsus, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr — to fit, to fix, to put together.
prosaicness (English): The characteristic of being prosaic
Definitions
- The characteristic of being prosaic
Ancestry of “prosaicness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | prosaic | Pertaining to or having the characteristics of... |
| 2 | Middle French | prosaïque | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | prosaicus | in prose |
| 4 | Latin | prōsa | prose |
| 5 | Latin | prorsus | straightforward, right onwards, straight, direct;... |
| 6 | Latin | prō | for |
| 7 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 8 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |