Where does “prosperity” come from?
Prosperity comes from English prosper plus French -ité and Latin -itas, derived from Latin prosperus meaning favorable, itself from Latin pro and -itas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH-.
prosperity (English): The condition of being prosperous, of having good...
Definitions
- The condition of being prosperous, of having good...
Ancestry of “prosperity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | prosperite | prosperity |
| 2 | Old French | prosperitet | — |
| 3 | Latin | prosperitas | success; prosperity; joy, approbation |
| 4 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |