Where does “procreator” come from?

procreator (Romanian) comes from Middle French procreateur, from Latin procreator, 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.

procreator (Romanian): procreator

Definitions

  1. procreator

Ancestry of “procreator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchprocreateurprocreating; procreator
2Latinprocreatorsecond-person singular future passive imperative...
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