Where does “prowhiteness” come from?
prowhiteness (English) comes from English prowhite, from English pro, from English professional, from English profession, from Anglo-Norman professioun, from Old French profession, from Latin professiō, from Latin -tiō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
prowhiteness (English): The support or favoring of white people
Definitions
- The support or favoring of white people
Ancestry of “prowhiteness”, step by step
prowhiteness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English prowhite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | prowhite | Supporting or favouring white people |
| 2 | English | pro | An advantage of something, especially when... |
| 3 | English | professional | A person who belongs to a profession; A person... |
| 4 | English | profession | A declaration of belief, faith or one's opinion,... |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | professioun | — |
| 6 | Old French | profession | profession; declaration |
| 7 | Latin | professiō | declaration, avowal, profession (act of professing) |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |