English

pronephritic

From pro- + nephritic.

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-

Medieval Latin nefreticus

Middle English neufretic

Today it means

adj That leads to the kidneys

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

Etymograph / pronephritic