proとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /pɹəʊ/
• (米国発音) IPA: /pɹoʊ/
• 韻: -əʊ

語源 1

From Latin pro (“in favour of, on behalf of”).

接頭辞

pro-

1. agreeing with; supporting; favouring
   • 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:

     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.

   • 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 April 2023, Asia & Pacific‎:

     Police 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.

2. substituting for

派生語

• (substituting for): pro-form, pronoun, pro-sentence; pro-drop

語源 2

From Latin pro- (“forward direction, forward movement”).

接頭辞

pro-

1. forward movement
   • progress compared to regress

語源 3

From Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”).

接頭辞

pro-

1. earlier; prior
2. (biology) precursor (molecule)

   Coordinate term: prepro-

3. rudimentary
4. in front of

派生語

反意語

• ante-, anti-
• counter-
• per-
• post-

Further reading

• “pro-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “pro-”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “pro-”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. -- lists many derived terms
• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “pro-”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. -- lists many derived terms

アナグラム

• RPO, opr., ROP, orp, OPr., POR

語源

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

発音

pro-

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [prɔ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [pro]

prō-

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈproː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈprɔː]

接頭辞

prō- or pro-

1. forward direction, forward movement

   prō- + clīvus + -is → prōclīvis

   ‎prōd- + ‎eō → ‎prōdeō

   ‎prō- + ‎gradior → ‎prōgredior

   1. downward and forward movement

      prō- + flīgō + -ō → prōflīgō

      ‎prō- + ‎terō → ‎prōterō

2. action directed forward or in front

   ‎prō- + ‎pugnō → ‎prōpugnō

   ‎prō- + ‎tegō → ‎prōtegō

3. prominence

   ‎prō- + ‎*mineō → ‎prōmineō

   ‎prō- + ‎pendeō → ‎prōpendeō

4. (prefixed to verbs of utterance) in place of, on behalf of

   ‎prō- + ‎clāmō → ‎prōclāmō

   ‎prō- + ‎loquor → ‎prōloquor

5. bringing into being, forth, or into the open

   ‎prō- + ‎creō → ‎prōcreō

   ‎prō- + ‎gignō → ‎prōgignō

   ‎prō- + ‎*olēs → ‎prōlēs

   ‎prō- + ‎emō → ‎prōmō

6. (temporally) prior, fore-

   ‎pro- + ‎avus → ‎proavus

   ‎prō- + ‎rogō → ‎prōrogō

   ‎prō- + ‎videō → ‎prōvideō

7. advantage

   ‎prō- + ‎cūrō → ‎prōcūrō

   ‎prō- + ‎faciō → ‎prōficiō

   ‎prō(d)- + ‎sum → ‎prōsum

派生語

参照

• “pro-” on page 1,463/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)