Etymology

pros and cons

Today it means: The advantages and disadvantages or positives and negatives regarding a specific choice or situation. Full definition →

Latin prō
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromprō“for, on behalf of”
  2. English todaypros and cons

From Latin prō (“for, on behalf of”) and contrā (“against”).

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