Etymograph

English

procellous

Procellous comes from Latin procellosus ‘full of storms, stormy, procellous, tempestuous’, from prōcellō ‘to throw or cast down’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pro- ‘toward, forward’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pro-‘toward, forward’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCEsame formreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōcellō‘to throw or cast down’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocella‘a storm’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocellosus‘full of storms, stormy, procellous, tempestuous’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2013procellous

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pro-‘toward, forward’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCEsame formreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōcellō‘to throw or cast down’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocella‘a storm’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprocellosus‘full of storms, stormy, procellous, tempestuous’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2013procellous

Earliest quotation: 2013, Barney Vincelette: “Indeed he had reason to fear his wife Tammy…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *pro- ‘toward, forward’

from, approach, fret, 6 more

through Proto-Italic *pro-

property, purchase, improper, propriety, protrude, 5 more

Today it means

adj stormy; tempestuous

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pro- / procellous

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