Where does “pwoteksyon” come from?
pwoteksyon (Haitian Creole) comes from French protection, from Italian protezione, from Spanish protección, from Late Latin protectio, from Latin prōtēctus, from Latin protegere, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.
pwoteksyon (Haitian Creole): protection
Ancestry of “pwoteksyon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | protection | protection |
| 2 | Italian | protezione | protection |
| 3 | Spanish | protección | protection |
| 4 | Late Latin | protectio | a covering over; protection; shelter |
| 5 | Latin | prōtēctus | — |
| 6 | Latin | protegere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |