prostate

prostate · noun, adjective¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
4. Ancient Greekπρό (pró)
5. Ancient Greekπρο- (pro-)
6. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
7. Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
8. Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
9. Ancient Greekἵστημι (hístēmi)
10. Ancient Greekπροΐστημι (proḯstēmi)
11. Ancient Greekπροστάτης (prostátēs)
12. Medieval Latinprostata
13. Middle Frenchprostate
14. English todayprostate

Borrowed from Middle French prostate, a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin prostata.

prostate · adjective²

1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
4. Proto-Italic*prō
5. Latinprō
6. Englishpro-
7. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
8. Proto-Indo-European*stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s
9. Proto-Italic*status
10. Latinstatu
11. Old Frenchestat
12. Middle Englishstat
13. Englishstate
14. English todayprostate

From pro- + state.

First known use, by meaning

• from 1646 The prostate gland.