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
- One who writes prose; One who talks or writes...
Ancestry of “proser”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | prose | Language, particularly written language, not... |
| 2 | French | prose | prose; inflection of proser: ##... |
| 3 | Latin | prōsa | prose |
| 4 | Latin | prorsus | straightforward, right onwards, straight, direct;... |
| 5 | Latin | prō | for |
| 6 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 7 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 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 |