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“prorogue” in Latin

The English word prorogue itself goes back to Latin procō, through prōrogō.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

prorogue
protrudere: proferre: conferre: in aliud tempus differre (e.g., comitia protrudere in Januarium, Cic.; with us, to prorogue Parliament): omnia in mensem Martium sunt collata (Cic.). To proroge an assembly, consilio diem eximere.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for prorogue?
The usual Latin words for “prorogue” are prōtrūdō, prōferō, cōnferō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.