English
prolation
Prolation comes from Latin prolationem, from prōferō ‘bring forward, produce’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-1‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti1‘to be carrying’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō1‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō1‘carry, bear’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōferō2as proferre, past participle stem‘bring forward, produce’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprolationem2
- Englishtodayprolation2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin profero
- 2 Wiktionary, English prolation
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-Wiktionary, Latin profero‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéretiWiktionary, Latin profero‘to be carrying’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferōWiktionary, Latin profero‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferōWiktionary, Latin profero‘carry, bear’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōferōWiktionary, English prolationas proferre, past participle stem‘bring forward, produce’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprolationemWiktionary, English prolation
- EnglishtodayprolationWiktionary, English prolation
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
bar, birth, bread, prefer, broad, fortune, burden, bearing, barrel, barn, bore, fury, breeze, bark, baron, berth, embargo, fret, broom, barrow, ferret, insufferable, bier, furtive, bahar, birr, barrette, bairn, burnish, proffer, 111 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to be carrying’
bear, borne, phosphate, phosphorus, euphoria, dysphoria, semaphore, indifferently, phosphine, 89 more
through Proto-Italic *ferō ‘to carry, bear’
suffering, differently, indifferent, infertility, differentiation, deference, infertile, differentially, deferential, differentiable, differentiator, 66 more
through Latin ferō ‘carry, bear’
different, offer, difference, reference, transfer, suffer, extraordinary, differ, relative, referendum, relate, referee, translation, strangely, fertility, translate, relation, fertile, frustration, extravagant, defer, infer, confer, infra, frustrate, extraneous, strangeness, elated, fertilization, fertilize, efferent, estrange, dilate, ablation, collate, elation, oblate, ablative, collation, 77 more
Today it means
noun Speaking, utterance, the producing of words or speech.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “prolation”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin profero. 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 *bʰer- / prolation