Etymograph

English

proclitic

Proclitic comes from Ancient Greek προκλίνω ‘to lean forward’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπροκλίνωproklínō‘to lean forward’
  2. Englishtodayproclitic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπροκλίνωproklínō‘to lean forward’
  2. Englishtodayproclitic

Formed from pro- + clitic

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-

Ancient Greek κλιτικός ‘inflexional’

English clitic

Every English word from Ancient Greek προκλίνω

Today it means

noun A clitic that joins with the following word phonetically, graphically, or both.

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek προκλίνω / proclitic

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