English
proadverb
From pro- + adverb.
Proto-Indo-European *pér ‘through’
Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘forwards, before’
Proto-Italic *prō ‘in front of, before’
Latin prō ‘in favor of, on behalf of’
English pro-
Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- ‘to speak, say’
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Proto-Italic *werðom ‘word’
Latin verbum ‘word, verb’
Latin adverbium
French adverbe
English adverb
Today it means
noun A term that is not an adverb but serves the same purpose, as this way in "You should do it this way".
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “proadverb”. 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 / proadverb