The story
- Latin · derived fromprobō“to prove”
- Late Latin · derived fromproba“a proof”
- Old French · derived fromprove
- Middle English · inherited fromproof
- English todayproof
From Middle English proof, from Old French prove, from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from Latin probō (“to prove”); see prove; compare also the doublet probe.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.