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pro-

  1. similar to

Proto-Italic *prō

English pro-

Derived from Latin prō (“in favor of, on behalf of”).

pro-

  1. agreeing with; supporting; favouring
    • 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[1]:
      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.
    • 2020 September 6, “Hong Kong police arrest 289 at protests over election delay”, in The Washington Post, Associated Press‎[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 April 2023, Asia & Pacific‎[3]:
      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

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-

English pro-

Learned borrowing from Latin prō- (“forward direction, forward movement”).

pro-

  1. forward movement

Derived from Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”).

pro-

  1. earlier; prior
  2. (biology) precursor (molecule)
    Coordinate term: prepro- (coordinate as types of precursors; also, many prepro- forms are holonymous to pro- forms)
  3. rudimentary
  4. in front of

prefix

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_

From Latin prō.

pro-

  1. pro-

pro-

  1. pro-

Borrowed from Latin prō (“in front of”).

pro-

  1. pro-

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

prō- or pro-

  1. forward direction, forward movement
    prō- + clīvus + -is → prōclīvis
    ‎prōd- + ‎_eō_ → ‎_prōdeō_
    ‎prō- + ‎_gradior_ → ‎_prōgredior_
    1. downward and forward movement
      prō- + flīgō + -ō → 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, instead 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_

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-

Polish pro-

Learned borrowing from Latin prō-.

pro-

  1. pro-

From Proto-Slavic *pro-.

pro-

  1. Forms perfective verbs with the following meanings:
    1. moving through
      ‎pro- + ‎_sẹ́vati_ (“to radiate”) → ‎_prosẹ́vati_ (“to shine through”)

From Latin pro- or pro.

pro-

  1. pro-

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