Where does “prosaïsme” come from?
prosaïsme (French) comes from French prosaïque, from Medieval Latin prosaicus, from Latin prōsa, from Latin prorsus, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr — to fit, to fix, to put together.
prosaïsme (French): mundanity, prosaicness
Definitions
- mundanity, prosaicness
Ancestry of “prosaïsme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | prosaïque | prosaic |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | prosaicus | in prose |
| 3 | Latin | prōsa | prose |
| 4 | Latin | prorsus | straightforward, right onwards, straight, direct;... |
| 5 | Latin | prō | for |
| 6 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 7 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |