The story
- Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*pér
- Proto-Indo-European*pró
- Ancient Greekπρό (pró)
- Ancient Greekπρο- (pro-)
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
- Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
- Ancient Greekἵστημι (hístēmi)
- Ancient Greekπροΐστημι (proḯstēmi)
- Ancient Greekπροστάτης (prostátēs)
- Medieval Latinprostata
- Middle Frenchprostate
- Englishprostate
- English todayprostatic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.