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Where does “proser” come from?

proser (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.

proser (English): One who writes prose; One who talks or writes...

Definitions

  1. One who writes prose; One who talks or writes...

Ancestry of “proser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishproseLanguage, particularly written language, not...
2Frenchproseprose; inflection of proser: ##...
3Latinprōsa—
4Latinprorsusstraightforward, right onwards, straight, direct;...
5Latinprō—
6Latinratusconsidered, having been considered; established,...
7Latinrēōr—
8Proto-Italicrēōrto reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
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