Etymograph

English

prosateur

Prosateur comes from French prosateur ‘prosaist’, from Latin prōsa ‘prose’, and ultimately from prōsa ēloquentia.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōsa ēloquentia
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōsa‘prose’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentprose
  4. French, derivedc. 1600–presentprosateur‘prosaist’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1894same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōsa ēloquentia
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōsa‘prose’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentprose
  4. French, derivedc. 1600–presentprosateur‘prosaist’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1894same form

Earliest quotation: 1894, Rosine Mellé, The Contemporary French Writers: “As a prosateur he wrote several novels such as…”

Linked words

through Latin prōsa ‘prose’

prose, 1 more

Today it means

noun A writer of French prose.

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

Etymograph / Latin prōsa ēloquentia / prosateur

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