Etymograph

English

protarsus

From pro- + tarsus.

Formed from pro- + tarsus

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-

Ancient Greek τᾰρσός ‘the flat of the foot’

New Latin tarsus ‘the flat part of the foot’

English tarsus

Today it means

noun The tarsus of the foreleg of an insect

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “protarsus”. 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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