Where does “procură” come from?
procură (Romanian) comes from Finnish prokura, from Italian procura, from Italian procurare, from Latin prōcūrāre, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr — to fit, to fix, to put together.
procură (Romanian): legal authorization
Definitions
- legal authorization
Ancestry of “procură”, step by step
procură traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish prokura
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | prokura | Alternative form of prokuura |
| 2 | Italian | procura | power of attorney, proxy; letter of attorney,... |
| 3 | Italian | procurare | to get, obtain, procure, provide, earn; to cause;... |
| 4 | Latin | prōcūrāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | prō | for |
| 6 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 7 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via French procurer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | procurer | to get, obtain |
| 2 | Old French | procurer | to procure |
| 3 | Latin | prōcūrō | to manage, administer |
| 4 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |