Word Origin Summary

Prope is attested in Latin. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. *prokʷeProto-Indo-Europeanderived from

Descendants and Related Terms

• appraichi

  Norman · inherited from

• apropia

  Romanian · inherited from

• approchera

  Swedish · borrowed from

• proché

  Louisiana Creole French · inherited from

• approuchier

  Middle French · derived from

• prochain

  French · inherited from

• proapi

  Megleno Romanian · inherited from

• prop

  Catalan · inherited from

What You Can Explore

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• 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root