Etymograph

English

prosuffrage

From pro- + suffrage.

Formed from pro- + suffrage

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-

Latin suffrāgō

Classical Latin suffrāgium ‘support, vote, right of voting’

Middle English suffrage ‘prayers or pleas on behalf of another’

English suffrage

Today it means

adj Supporting or favouring suffrage (the right to vote) for some group.

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

Etymograph / prosuffrage