Etymograph

English

prosimian

From pro- + simian.

A compound of pro- + simian

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 σιμός ‘snub-nosed’

Latin sīmia ‘ape, monkey’

English simian

Today it means

noun A primate that is not a monkey or an ape, generally nocturnal with large eyes and ears. Such primates were formerly grouped in the suborder Prosimii, but are now considered a paraphyletic group and not a clade.

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