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Where does “prosiness” come from?

prosiness (English) comes from English prosy, 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.

prosiness (English): The quality or state of being prosy; tediousness

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being prosy; tediousness

Ancestry of “prosiness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprosyUnpoetic; dull and unimaginative; Behaving in a...
2EnglishproseLanguage, particularly written language, not...
3Frenchproseprose; inflection of proser: ##...
4Latinprōsa—
5Latinprorsusstraightforward, right onwards, straight, direct;...
6Latinprō—
7Latinratusconsidered, having been considered; established,...
8Latinrēōr—
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
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