Where does “de pronto” come from?
de pronto (Spanish) comes from Spanish pronto, from Latin prōmptus, from Latin prōmō, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
de pronto (Spanish): maybe, perhaps; suddenly, all of a sudden,...
Definitions
- maybe, perhaps; suddenly, all of a sudden,...
Ancestry of “de pronto”, step by step
de pronto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish pronto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | pronto | prompt, on time; ready; soon, promptly, any time... |
| 2 | Latin | prōmptus | a taking forth |
| 3 | Latin | prōmō | to take or bring out or forth, produce, bring to light |
| 4 | Latin | prō | for |
| 5 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 6 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Spanish dé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | dé | of; 's; used after the thing owned and before the owner |
| 2 | Old Spanish | de | of; -'s |
| 3 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 4 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 5 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |