Where does “proosa” come from?
proosa (Finnish) comes from Latin prōsa, from Latin prorsus, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
proosa (Finnish): prose
Definitions
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Ancestry of “proosa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | prōsa | prose |
| 2 | Latin | prorsus | straightforward, right onwards, straight, direct;... |
| 3 | Latin | prō | for |
| 4 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 5 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |