pro
English
/pɹəʊ/, /pɹoʊ/
noun
Definitions
- An advantage of something, especially when contrasted with its disadvantages (cons).
- A person who supports a concept or principle.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pro derived from Latin prō (for, on behalf of, forward, as, towards, forth, in front of, like, as befitting).
Origin
Latin
prō
Gloss
for, on behalf of, forward, as, towards, forth, in front of, like, as befitting
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
好
Emoji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- celebrity English
- cerebral English
- locution English
- neopro English
- nonpro English
- pro domino English
- pro-celebrity English
- procerebral English
- prolocution English
- protip English
- prozine English
- semipro English
- semiprozine English
- superpro English
- tip English
- zine English
- *por Latin
- procudo Latin
- prodeo Latin
- profilius Latin
- promitto Latin
- proneptis Latin
- proponere, propono Latin
- prosemino Latin
- prout Latin
- prō Latin
- prōcūrāre Latin
- prōlongāre Latin
- pro German
- pro Italian
- promener French
- pro Spanish, Castilian
- *per- Proto-Indo-European
- *pro- Proto-Indo-European
- pró Portuguese
- pro Middle English
- purposer Old French
- per Old Portuguese
- 프로 Korean