Where does “proxy” come from?
Proxy comes from Old French procuracie, from Medieval Latin procuratia, from Latin procuratio (management of affairs), derived from procuro (to take care of), combining pro (for) and cura (care).
proxy (English): Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy; An agent or...
Definitions
- Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy; An agent or...
Ancestry of “proxy”, step by step
proxy traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English procusie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | procusie | — |
| 2 | Middle English | procuracie | The actions or role of a representative; representation |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | procuracie | procuracy; the office of a procurator |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | procuratia | — |
| 5 | Latin | prōcūrātiō | administration, management |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English proximity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | proximity | Closeness; the state of being near as in space,... |
| 2 | English | proximate | Close or closest; adjacent; Immediately preceding... |
| 3 | Latin | proximatus | |
| 4 | Latin | proximare | present active infinitive of proximō;... |
| 5 | Latin | proximus | nearest, next; adjoining; superlative degree of... |
| 6 | Latin | prope | near, nearby, nigh; close in time; almost, nearly |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | prokʷe | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
via Middle English procucie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | procucie | The actions or role of a representative or substitute |