prope

Senso (Inglese)

Adv

1. near, nearby, nigh, close
2. close in time
3. almost, nearly
4. better (as an approximation)

Prep

1. (with-accusative) near
2. (figuratively, with-accusative) towards, about (in time)

Concetti

quasi

vicino

circa

potenzialmente

praticamente

pressoché

proprio ora

presocché

vicino a

ormai

sinonimi

paene

fere

iuxta

apud

pæne

juxtā

propte

Traduzioni

nearly

near

almost

beinahe

perto de

presque

quase

gairebé

fast

près

σχεδόν

perto

casi

Pronunciato come (IPA)

[ˈprɔ.pɛ]

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Proto-Indo-European *prokʷe, from *pro- + *-kʷe (equivalent to Latin pro + -que). The expected form would accordingly be *proque. The second -p- is probably due to assimilation. Compare the reverse development in quinque, coquo, which was hindered here by the initial cluster pr-. A less likely explanation is borrowing from Oscan, where -𐌐𐌄 (-pe) is the regular reflex.
The change from locative/ablative to accusative is caused by the adverbial suffix.