English

pro-Witness

From pro- + Witness.

Proto-Indo-European *pér ‘through’

Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘forwards, before’

Proto-Italic *prō ‘in front of, before’

Latin prō ‘in favor of, on behalf of’

English pro-

Old English ġewitnes ‘witness’

Middle English witnesse

Today it means

adj Favoring or supporting Jehovah's Witnesses or their beliefs or doctrines.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / pro-Witness