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Where does “proletario” come from?

proletario (Italian) comes from Latin prōlētārius, from Latin prōlēs, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

proletario (Italian): proletarian

Definitions

  1. proletarian

Ancestry of “proletario”, step by step

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

Words derived from “proletario”

  • sottoproletario
  • neoproletario
  • proletarizzare
  • proletarizzazione
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