Where does “prompte” come from?
prompte (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French prompt, from English prompt, from Middle French prompt, from Latin prōmptus, from Latin prōmō, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr — to fit, to fix, to put together.
prompte (Norwegian Bokmål): quickly and punctually; promptly; quick and...
Definitions
- quickly and punctually; promptly; quick and...
Ancestry of “prompte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | prompt | prompt, swift, quick; curt |
| 2 | English | prompt | Quick; acting without delay; On time; punctual;... |
| 3 | Middle French | prompt | — |
| 4 | Latin | prōmptus | — |
| 5 | Latin | prōmō | — |
| 6 | Latin | prō | — |
| 7 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 8 | Latin | rēōr | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |