Etymograph

English

procommission

From pro- + commission.

Formed from pro- + commission

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 mittō ‘to send’

Latin committō ‘to join together’

Latin commissiō ‘sending together’

Old French commission

Middle English commissioun

English commission

Today it means

adj In favour of a commission.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “procommission”. 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 / procommission