Where does “prompt” come from?
prompt (Romanian) 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.
prompt (Romanian): prompt
Definitions
- prompt
Ancestry of “prompt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | prompt | prompt, swift, quick; curt |
| 2 | English | prompt | Quick; acting without delay; On time; punctual;... |
| 3 | Middle French | prompt | — |
| 4 | Latin | prōmptus | a taking forth |
| 5 | Latin | prōmō | to take or bring out or forth, produce, bring to light |
| 6 | Latin | prō | for |
| 7 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 8 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 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 |