Where does “prosternare” come from?
prosternare (Romanian) comes from Romanian prosterna, from French prosterner, from Latin prosterno, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
prosternare (Romanian): prostration
Definitions
- prostration
Ancestry of “prosternare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | prosterna | to prostrate |
| 2 | French | prosterner | to bow down |
| 3 | Latin | prosterno | I strew in front of; I prostrate, knock down,... |
| 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 |