pro-

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pro-

  1. similar to

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Etymology 1

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From Latin pro (in favour of, on behalf of).

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pro-

  1. agreeing with; supporting; favouring
    • 2020 September 6, “Hong Kong police arrest 289 at protests over election delay”, in The Washington Post, Associated Press[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-19, Asia & Pacific‎[2]:
      Police said that 289 people had been arrested, mostly for unlawful assembly. One woman was arrested in the Kowloon district of Yau Ma Tei on charges of assault and spreading pro-independence slogans, the police department said on its Facebook page. It said such slogans are illegal under a newly enacted national security law.
  2. substituting for
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Etymology 2

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From Latin pro- (forward direction, forward movement).

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pro-

  1. forward movement

Etymology 3

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From Ancient Greek πρό (pró, before).

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pro-

  1. earlier; prior
  2. rudimentary
  3. in front of
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Czech

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pro-

  1. through
  2. forms a perfective verb and makes the verb transitive, the direct object is related to money or time
    pro- + ‎pít (to drink) → ‎propít (to spend sth on drinking)
    pro- + ‎bulet → ‎probulet
    pro- + ‎podnikat → ‎propodnikat
    pro- + ‎večírkovat → ‎provečírkovat
  3. (pro- + imperfective base + se) + direction forms a perfective verb and changes the sense of motion from literal to fictive
    pro- + ‎zdravit → ‎prozdravit se
    pro- + ‎rvát → ‎prorvat se
    pro- + ‎kouřit → ‎prokouřit se
    pro- + ‎žvanit → ‎prožvanit se

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Further reading

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  • pro-/prů- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

French

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pro-

  1. pro-

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin prō (in front of).

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pro-

  1. pro-

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Latin

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European *pro-. Synchronically served as the prefix counterpart to the preposition prō.

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    pro-
    prō-

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    prō- or pro-

    1. forward direction, forward movement
      prō- + clīvus + -isprōclīvis
      prōd- + ‎ → ‎prōdeō
      prō- + ‎gradior → ‎prōgredior
      1. downward and forward movement
        prō- + flīgō + prōflīgō
        prō- + ‎terō → ‎prōterō
    2. action directed forward or in front
      prō- + ‎pugnō → ‎prōpugnō
      prō- + ‎tegō → ‎prōtegō
    3. prominence
      prō- + ‎*mineō → ‎prōmineō
      prō- + ‎pendeō → ‎prōpendeō
    4. (prefixed to verbs of utterance) in place of, on behalf of
      prō- + ‎clāmō → ‎prōclāmō
      prō- + ‎loquor → ‎prōloquor
    5. bringing into being, forth, or into the open
      prō- + ‎creō → ‎prōcreō
      prō- + ‎gignō → ‎prōgignō
      prō- + ‎*olēs → ‎prōlēs
      prō- + ‎emō → ‎prōmō
    6. (temporally) prior, fore-
      pro- + ‎avus → ‎proavus
      prō- + ‎rogō → ‎prōrogō
      prō- + ‎videō → ‎prōvideō
    7. advantage
      prō- + ‎cūrō → ‎prōcūrō
      prō- + ‎faciō → ‎prōficiō
      prō(d)- + ‎sum → ‎prōsum

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    Polish

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    Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from Latin prō-.

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    • IPA(key): /prɔ/
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    pro-

    1. pro-

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    • pro- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

    Slovene

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Slavic *pro-.

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    pro-

    1. Forms perfective verbs with the following meanings:
      1. moving through
        pro- + ‎sẹ́vati (to radiate) → ‎prosẹ́vati (to shine through)

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    pro-

    1. pro-

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