Where does “генпрокурор” come from?
генпрокурор (Russian) comes from Russian прокуро́р, from French procureur, from French procurer, from Old French procurer, from Latin prōcūrō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.
генпрокурор (Russian): attorney general, public prosecutor, prosecutor...
Definitions
- attorney general, public prosecutor, prosecutor...
Ancestry of “генпрокурор”, step by step
генпрокурор traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian прокуро́р
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | прокуро́р | prosecutor, district attorney (a lawyer who decides whether to charge a person with a crime) |
| 2 | French | procureur | representative, agent; attorney, prosecutor;... |
| 3 | French | procurer | to get, obtain |
| 4 | Old French | procurer | to procure |
| 5 | Latin | prōcūrō | to manage, administer |
| 6 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Russian генера́л
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | генера́л | general |
| 2 | German | general | general |
| 3 | French | général | general; general, usual |
| 4 | Old French | general | general |
| 5 | Latin | generalis | general, generic |
| 6 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |