The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπρο-“before”
- English todayproostracum
From Ancient Greek προ- (pro-, “before”) + ὄστρᾰκον (óstrăkon, “shell”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπρο- all →
propolisproemptosispropterygiumproscolexprozeugma
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.