The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromθᾰλλός“young branch, twig”
- Latin · derived frompro“forwards”
- English todayprothallium
From Latin pro (“forwards”) + Ancient Greek θᾰλλός (thăllós, “young branch, twig”).
Words from the same roots
Latinpro all →
profilepropurportprorateby Joveby Jupiterpro-procumbentpro dominopros and cons
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.