Where does “prostrate” come from?
Prostrate comes from Latin prostratus, the past participle of prosterno (to throw forward), from the prefix pro- (forward) combined with a root ultimately descended from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós.
prostrate (English): Lying flat, face-down; Emotionally devastated;...
Definitions
- Lying flat, face-down; Emotionally devastated;...
Ancestry of “prostrate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | prostratus | prostrated; overthrown, subverted, undermined |
| 2 | Latin | prosterno | I strew in front of; I prostrate, knock down,... |
| 3 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “prostrate”