Where does “prosais” come from?
prosais (Indonesian) comes from Dutch prozaïsch, from German prosaisch, from French prosaïque, from Medieval Latin prosaicus, from Latin prōsa, from Latin prorsus, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus — to fit, to fix, to put together.
prosais (Indonesian): prosaic
Definitions
- prosaic
Ancestry of “prosais”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | prozaïsch | prosaic |
| 2 | German | prosaisch | prosaic |
| 3 | French | prosaïque | prosaic |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | prosaicus | in prose |
| 5 | Latin | prōsa | prose |
| 6 | Latin | prorsus | straightforward, right onwards, straight, direct;... |
| 7 | Latin | prō | for |
| 8 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 9 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |