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Where does “prosperingly” come from?

prosperingly (English) comes from English prospering, from English prosper, from Old French prosperer, from Latin prosperō, from Old Latin pro spere, from Latin pro, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.

prosperingly (English): So as to prosper; in a prosperous way

Definitions

  1. So as to prosper; in a prosperous way

Ancestry of “prosperingly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishprosperingpresent participle of prosper
2EnglishprosperTo favor; to render successful; To be successful;...
3Old Frenchprospererto favor; to be favorable
4Latinprosperō—
5Old Latinpro spereaccording to expectation
6Latinpro+ "ablative"; for; on behalf of, in the interest...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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