Where does “prydplante” come from?
prydplante (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål pryd, from Norwegian Bokmål pryde, from Old English prȳde, from Old English prūd, from Old French prod, from Late Latin prode, from Latin prosum, from Latin prō- — passed , crossed.
prydplante (Norwegian Bokmål): an ornamental plant
Ancestry of “prydplante”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | pryd | imperative of pryde; adornment etc |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | pryde | to adorn; to decorate; to grace |
| 3 | Old English | prȳde | — |
| 4 | Old English | prūd | proud |
| 5 | Old French | prod | Alternative form of pro |
| 6 | Late Latin | prode | profitable, useful; useful; valuable |
| 7 | Latin | prosum | I am useful or of use, do good, help, benefit,... |
| 8 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |