Etymograph

English

pratal

Pratal comes from Latin prātum ‘meadow’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- ‘to bend’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*preh₂-1‘to bend’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprātum2‘meadow’
  3. Englishtodaypratal2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin pratum
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English pratal

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*preh₂-Wiktionary, Latin pratum‘to bend’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprātumWiktionary, English pratal‘meadow’
  3. EnglishtodaypratalWiktionary, English pratal

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- ‘to bend’

for, first, premier, prestigious, forbid, primer, preface, prefix, primate, primacy, precede, preeminent, parley, prescient, parasol, impregnate, 16 more

through Latin prātum ‘meadow’

prairie, portobello, 1 more

Today it means

adj Growing in meadows or luxuriant herbage.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pratal”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin pratum. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- / pratal

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