protrude

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*trewd-“to push, thrust”
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*pro-“forward; toward”
3. Latin · learned borrowing fromprōtrūdere
4. English todayprotrude

Learned borrowing from Latin prōtrūdere, the present active infinitive of prōtrūdō (“to push or thrust forwards; to protrude”), from prō- (“prefix denoting a forward direction or movement”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“forward; toward”)) + trūdō (“to push, shove, thrust”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to push, thrust”)).

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