Where does “procreativ” come from?

procreativ (Romanian) comes from Romanian procrea, from French procréer, from Latin procreo, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.

procreativ (Romanian): procreative

Definitions

  1. procreative

Ancestry of “procreativ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianprocreato procreate
2Frenchprocréerto procreate (produce offspring)
3LatinprocreoI beget, generate, procreate, produce
4Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
5Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós