prose

/pˈɹəʊz/PROHZ
/pˈɹoʊz/PROHZ

Meaningstraightforward

Common meaning: ordinary written language

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√WART‘turn, turn oneself, to become, to be’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 359, p. 743 · scan
  2. Latinprosasource
  3. Frenchprosesource
  4. Middle Englishprosesource
  5. Englishprose‘ordinary written language’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin prosa ‘straightforward’.

Roots

  • prosa Latin “straightforward”

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