Where does “proselytess” come from?

proselytess (English) comes from English proselyte, from English prose, from French prose, from Latin prōsa, from Latin prorsus, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr — to fit, to fix, to put together.

proselytess (English): A female proselyte; a female gentile who has...

Definitions

  1. A female proselyte; a female gentile who has...

Ancestry of “proselytess”, step by step

proselytess traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English proselyte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishproselyteOne who has converted to a religion or doctrine,...
2EnglishproseLanguage, particularly written language, not...
3Frenchproseprose; inflection of proser: ##...
4Latinprōsaprose
5Latinprorsusstraightforward, right onwards, straight, direct;...
6Latinprōfor
7Latinratusconsidered, having been considered; established,...
8Latinrēōrto reckon, calculate
9Proto-Italicrēōrto reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via English ess

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishessThe name of the Latin-script letter S; Something...
2Germanessfirst-person singular present of essen; singular...
3Proto-Germanicatiska-grainfield
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂edos-sort of cereal, grain
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-Every word from Proto-Italic rēōr