pro-

Meaning

  1. (morpheme) forward direction, forward movement
  2. (morpheme) forward direction, forward movement
  3. (morpheme) action directed forward or in front
  4. (morpheme) prominence
  5. (morpheme) in place of, on behalf of
  6. (morpheme) bringing into being, forth, or into the open
  7. (morpheme) prior, fore-
  8. (morpheme) advantage

Pronounced as (IPA)
[prɔ]
Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European *pro-. Synchronically served as the prefix counterpart to the preposition prō.

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