proeven
Middle Dutch
verb
Definitions
- to prove, to show
- to realise, to see
- to test, to inspect
- to try, to attempt
- to taste
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French prover (prove) derived from Latin probō (approve, I approve, I test, examine, prove, test, inspect, just, I demonstrate, serviceable, fit, show to be good fit, I prove, try, I esteem as good, commend).
Origin
Latin
probō
Gloss
approve, I approve, I test, examine, prove, test, inspect, just, I demonstrate, serviceable, fit, show to be good fit, I prove, try, I esteem as good, commend
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Cognates and derived terms
- proven English
- approbo Latin
- comprobo Latin
- improbo Latin
- proba Latin
- probo, probāre, probō Latin
- probus Latin
- probāre Latin
- probō Latin
- reprobo Latin
- reprobō, reprobāre, reprobo Latin
- proben German
- probieren German
- proba Hungarian
- atoomproef Dutch, Flemish
- dierproef Dutch, Flemish
- fijnproever Dutch, Flemish
- kernproef Dutch, Flemish
- krachtproef Dutch, Flemish
- lakmoesproef Dutch, Flemish
- proef Dutch, Flemish
- proefballon Dutch, Flemish
- proefdier Dutch, Flemish
- proefkonijn Dutch, Flemish
- proefschrift Dutch, Flemish
- proefstand Dutch, Flemish
- proeven Dutch, Flemish
- prouver French
- *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European
- *pro-bhwo- Proto-Indo-European
- *pro-bʰuH-s Proto-Indo-European
- *prōbōną Proto-Germanic
- prōfian Old English
- desprover Old French
- esprover Old French
- prover Old French
- proberen Middle Dutch
- promaid Old Irish
- éprouvaïr Norman
- êprouver Norman
- brüeven Middle High German
- *prōbōn gmw-pro
- prôven, proven Middle Low German