prône

Frequency

39k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pʁon/
Etymology

From Middle French prosne (“homily”), from Old French prodne (“grating around the altar, in front of which the priest stood during homily”), from Vulgar Latin *protinum, dissimilation of protirum, from Classical Latin prothyra, from Ancient Greek πρόθυρα (próthura, “vestibule”).

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