Etymograph

English

proser

From prose + -er.

A compound of prose + -er

Latin ōrō ‘to speak as an orator’

Latin ōrātiō ‘a straightforward speech – i.e. without the…’

Latin prōsa ‘straightforward’

Old French prose

Middle English prose

English prose

Today it means

noun One who writes prose.

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

Etymograph / proser