Where does “프로” come from?
프로 (Korean) comes from French prolétariat, from French prolétaire, from Latin prōlētārius, from Latin prōlēs, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.
프로 (Korean): professional; percent
Definitions
- professional; percent
Ancestry of “프로”, step by step
프로 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French prolétariat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | prolétariat | proletariat |
| 2 | French | prolétaire | proletarian |
| 3 | Latin | prōlētārius | belonging to the lowest class of citizens, who, lacking property, contributed to the State with their offspring instead |
| 4 | Latin | prōlēs | offspring, children, progeny, descendants, a line of descendants, family, race |
| 5 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via German Prozent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Prozent | percent |
| 2 | Italian | per cento | percent |
| 3 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 4 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |