Where does “prosal” come from?
prosal (English) comes from English prose, from French prose, from Latin prōsa, from Latin prorsus, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr — to fit, to fix, to put together.
prosal (English): Of or pertaining to prose; prosaic
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to prose; prosaic
Ancestry of “prosal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | prose | Language, particularly written language, not... |
| 2 | French | prose | prose; inflection of proser:
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| 3 | Latin | prōsa | — |
| 4 | Latin | prorsus | straightforward, right onwards, straight, direct;... |
| 5 | Latin | prō | — |
| 6 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 7 | Latin | rēōr | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |