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- Latin · derived fromprōnus“turned forward, bent or inclined”
- Middle English · inherited fromprone
- English todayprone
From Middle English prone, proone, proon, from Latin prōnus (“turned forward, bent or inclined”), from prō (“forward”).
Words from the same roots
Latinprōnus all →
pronograde
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.