English
procombatprocombat
From pro- + combat.
Formed from pro- + combat
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-
Latin battuō ‘to beat’
Vulgar Latin *combattere ‘to combat’
Old French combatre ‘to combat’
Middle French combat
English combat
Today it means
adj In favour of combat.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “procombat”. 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.
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