Etymology

proem

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Today it means: An introduction, preface or preamble. Full definition →

Middle English proheme ← Old French proheme ← Latin prooemium
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπροοίμιον
  2. Latin · derived fromprooemium
  3. Old French · derived fromproheme
  4. Middle English · inherited fromproheme
  5. English todayproem

Inherited from Middle English proheme, from Old French proheme, from Latin prooemium, from Ancient Greek προοίμιον (prooímion).

Words from the same roots

Latinprooemium all →

proemium

Ancient Greekπροοίμιον all →

proemiumprooemion

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.