Where does “prospera” come from?
prospera (Romanian) comes from French prospérer, from Middle French prosperer, from Old French prosperer, from Latin prosperō, from Old Latin pro spere, from Latin pro, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.
prospera (Romanian): to prosper
Definitions
- to prosper
Ancestry of “prospera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | prospérer | to thrive, prosper |
| 2 | Middle French | prosperer | to prosper |
| 3 | Old French | prosperer | to favor; to be favorable |
| 4 | Latin | prosperō | to further (cause to succeed) |
| 5 | Old Latin | pro spere | according to expectation |
| 6 | Latin | pro | + "ablative"; for; on behalf of, in the interest... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |