Etymology

prosocial

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Today it means: Beneficial to all parties and consistent with community laws and mores. Full definition →

English social ← Middle French socia ← Latin sociāli
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The story

  1. Englishpro-
  2. Latinsociāli
  3. Middle Frenchsocia
  4. Englishsocial
  5. English todayprosocial

From pro- + social.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.