pro- en · X · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˌpɾoː-/ (India)
- /ˌpɹɐʉ̯-/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˌpɹəʊ̯-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌpɹo-/ (Scotland)
- /ˌpɹəʉ̯-/ (Australia)
- [ˌpɹɐʉ̯] (Australia) some speakers
- /ˌpɹoʊ̯-/ (Canada, General-American)
- prō′-
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Proto-Italic *prō Latin prōder. English pro- Derived from Latin prō (“in favor of, on behalf of”).
Meanings
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(morpheme) agreeing with; supporting; favouring
A New Jersey high school will issue new yearbooks after pro-Trump slogans and logos were removed from photos that some students submitted.
2017 June 16, Doug Criss and Ellie Kaufman, “School issues new yearbooks after Trump’s name is removed from photos”, in CNN, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2019: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.
2020 September 6, “Hong Kong police arrest 289 at protests over election delay”, in The Washington Post, Associated Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023, Asia & Pacific:Rohrabacher, who is considered to be among the most pro-Russia members in Congress, met with Assange earlier this month and claims Assange told him that Russia was not involved in the hacking.
2017 August 29, Andrew Kaczynski, “Rep. Rohrabacher says ‘rendezvous’ being set up with Trump to relay info from WikiLeaks’ Assange on DNC hack”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2019:
- (morpheme) substituting for
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ꝓ- | Abbr=Yes | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
pronoun (substituting for) · pro-sentence (substituting for) · pro-drop (substituting for) · pro-form (substituting for)
Translations (12)
fr pro- (prefix meaning supporting or favouring) · es pro- (prefix meaning supporting or favouring) · he פְּרוֹ־ (prefix meaning supporting or favouring) · tl maka- (prefix meaning supporting or favouring) · bg про- (prefix meaning supporting or favouring) · pl pro- (prefix meaning supporting or favouring) · ka პრო- (prefix meaning supporting or favouring) · el υπερ- (prefix meaning supporting or favouring) · ru про- (prefix meaning supporting or favouring) · uk про- (prefix meaning supporting or favouring) · ms pro- (prefix meaning supporting or favouring) · mi pūaroha (prefix meaning supporting or favouring)