English
prolegate
Prolegate comes from Latin prolegatus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprolegatus
- Englishtodayprolegate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprolegatus
- Englishtodayprolegate
A compound of pro ‘for’ + legatus ‘legate’
Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘toward’
Proto-Italic *prō ‘for’
Latin pro ‘for’
Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- ‘to lie’
Proto-Indo-European *lḗgʰs
Proto-Italic *lēks ‘law’
Latin lēx ‘a formal motion for a law’
Latin lēgō ‘send, despatch’
Latin legatus ‘legate’
Every English word from Latin prolegatus
Today it means
noun The deputy or substitute legate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin prolegatus / prolegate