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Where does “procureuse” come from?

procureuse (French) comes from French procurer, from Old French procurer, from Latin prōcūrō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.

procureuse (French): female equivalent of procureur

Definitions

  1. female equivalent of procureur

Ancestry of “procureuse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchprocurerto get, obtain
2Old Frenchprocurerto procure
3Latinprōcūrō—
4Latinprō-—
5Proto-Italic*pro-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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