Meanings
pro-1
alternative abbreviation obsolete ꝓ-
- agreeing with; supporting; favouring
A New Jersey high school will issue new yearbooks after pro-Trump slogans and logos were removed from photos that some students submitted.
2017 June 16, Doug Criss and Ellie Kaufman, “School issues new yearbooks after Trump’s name is removed from photos”, in CNN, archived from the original on 03 Aug 20192 more examples
Rohrabacher, who is considered to be among the most pro-Russia members in Congress, met with Assange earlier this month and claims Assange told him that Russia was not involved in the hacking.
2017 August 29, Andrew Kaczynski, “Rep. Rohrabacher says ‘rendezvous’ being set up with Trump to relay info from WikiLeaks’ Assange on DNC hack”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2019Police said that 289 people had been arrested, mostly for unlawful assembly. One woman was arrested in the Kowloon district of Yau Ma Tei on charges of assault and spreading pro-independence slogans, the police department said on its Facebook page. It said such slogans are illegal under a newly enacted national security law.
2020 September 6, “Hong Kong police arrest 289 at protests over election delay”, in The Washington Post, Associated Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023, Asia & Pacific - substituting for
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Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
pro- · prefix
- Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*pér
- Proto-Indo-European*pró
- Proto-Italic*prō
- Latinprō
- Englishpro-
Derived from Latin prō (“in favor of, on behalf of”).
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Full word history & related roots →pro- · prefix
- Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*pér
- Proto-Indo-European*pró
- Proto-Indo-European*pro-
- Proto-Italic*pro-
- Latinprō-
- Englishpro-
Learned borrowing from Latin prō- (“forward direction, forward movement”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →pro- · prefix
- Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*pér
- Proto-Indo-European*pró
- Ancient Greekπρό (pró)
- Englishpro-
Derived from Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”).
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian про-, пред-
- про- (pro-)prefix meaning supporting or favouring
- пред- (pred-)prefix
Czech před-
- před-prefix
French pro-
- pro-prefix meaning supporting or favouring
Greek υπερ-
- υπερ- (yper-)prefix meaning supporting or favouring
Hebrew פְּרוֹ־
- פְּרוֹ־ (p'ro-)prefix meaning supporting or favouring
Irish ur-
- ur-prefix
Malay pro-
- pro-prefix meaning supporting or favouring
Māori pūaroha
- pūarohaprefix meaning supporting or favouring
Polish pro-, przed-
- pro-prefix meaning supporting or favouring
- przed-prefix
Russian про-, пред-
- про- (pro-)prefix meaning supporting or favouring
- пред- (pred-)prefix
Spanish pro-
- pro-prefix meaning supporting or favouring
Tagalog maka-
- maka-prefix meaning supporting or favouring
Ukrainian про-, перед-
- про- (pro-)prefix meaning supporting or favouring
- перед- (pered-)prefix
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pro-
All rhymes →Cite this entry
pro-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pro-
“pro-.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pro-. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pro-,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pro-.
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