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Where does “prosaisch” come from?

prosaisch (German) 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.

prosaisch (German): prosaic

Definitions

  1. prosaic

Ancestry of “prosaisch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchprosaïqueprosaic
2Medieval Latinprosaicusin prose
3Latinprōsa—
4Latinprorsusstraightforward, right onwards, straight, direct;...
5Latinprō—
6Latinratusconsidered, having been considered; established,...
7Latinrēōr—
8Proto-Italicrēōrto reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

Words derived from “prosaisch”

  • prosaisk
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