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- Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*pér
- Proto-Indo-European*pró
- Ancient Greekπρό (pró)
- Ancient Greekπρο- (pro-)
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Ancient Greekφημί (phēmí)
- Ancient Greekπροφήτης (prophḗtēs)
- Latinprophēta
- Latinprophētissa
- Old Frenchprophetesse
- Middle Englishprophetesse
- English todayprophetess
From Middle English prophetesse, from Old French prophetesse, from Late Latin prophetissa. By surface analysis, prophet + -ess.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.