Where does “بروفا” come from?
بروفا (North Levantine Arabic) comes from Italian prova, from Italian provare, from Swedish pröva, from Old Swedish prøva, from Middle Low German prôven, from Old French prover, from Latin probāre, from Latin probō — passed , crossed.
بروفا (North Levantine Arabic): rehearsal
Definitions
- rehearsal
Ancestry of “بروفا”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | prova | trial, test, experiment; examination, exam, test;... |
| 2 | Italian | provare | to try, try out, test; to try, attempt, take on;... |
| 3 | Swedish | pröva | to try, to make an attempt or to sample and... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | prøva | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | prôven | — |
| 6 | Old French | prover | to prove |
| 7 | Latin | probāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | probō | to approve, permit, commend |
| 9 | Latin | Probus | good, serviceable, excellent, superior, able |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro-bhwo- | being in front, prominent |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |