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protrude

/pɹəʊtˈɹuːd/proh-TROOD
/pɹoʊtˈɹud/proh-TROOD

Meaningto thrust forth

Common meaning: to stick out

‘forward’ + ‘to thrust, push’ → protrude

Journey through time

  1. Latintrūdō, trūsī, trūsum‘to thrust, push’
  2. Englishprotrude‘to stick out’ · today

pro- also in: promptpropelproblemproceedprocess

trud also in: extrudeintrudeabstruse

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.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin trūdō ‘to thrust, push’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry trūdō, p. 1905 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

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