Etymology

prostatic

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Today it means: Relating to the prostate gland. Full definition →

English prostate ← Middle French prostate ← Medieval Latin prostata
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The story

  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. Englishprostate
  15. English todayprostatic

From prostate + -ic.

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