LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
prefix

prō-

prō-
Classical[prɔ]Ecclesiastical[pro]

Meaning

  1. morphemeforward direction, forward movement
    prō- + clīvus + -is → prōclīvis
    prōd- + eō → prōdeō
  2. morphemedownward and forward movement
    prō- + flīgō + -ō → prōflīgō
    prō- + terō → prōterō
  3. morphemeaction directed forward or in front
    prō- + pugnō → prōpugnō
    prō- + tegō → prōtegō
  4. morphemeprominence
    prō- + *mineō → prōmineō
    prō- + pendeō → prōpendeō
  5. morphemein place of, instead of, on behalf of
    prō- + clāmō → prōclāmō
    prō- + loquor → prōloquor
  6. morphemebringing into being, forth, or into the open
    prō- + creō → prōcreō
    prō- + gignō → prōgignō
  7. morphemeprior, fore-
    pro- + avus → proavus
    prō- + rogō → prōrogō
  8. morphemeadvantage
    prō- + cūrō → prōcūrō
    prō- + faciō → prōficiō

Origins

From Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European *pro-. Synchronically served as the prefix counterpart to the preposition prō.

Quick answers

What does prō- mean in Latin?
prō-, a prefix, means “forward direction, forward movement; action directed forward or in front; prominence”.
How do you pronounce prō-?
In classical Latin, [prɔ]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pro].