por
Old French
preposition
Definitions
- for in order to
- for belonging to
Etymology
Inherited from Latin *por, prō (for, on behalf of, forward, as, towards, forth, in front of, like, as befitting).
Origin
Latin
prō
Gloss
for, on behalf of, forward, as, towards, forth, in front of, like, as befitting
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
好
Emoji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- porray English
- pro domino English
- *por Latin
- porrum Latin
- pro Latin
- procudo Latin
- prodeo Latin
- profilius Latin
- promitto Latin
- proneptis Latin
- proponere, propono Latin
- prosemino Latin
- prout Latin
- prō Latin
- prōcūrāre Latin
- prōlongāre Latin
- pro German
- porro Italian
- pro Italian
- poireau French
- poireauter French
- porrette French
- porrée French
- pour French
- promener French
- porra Spanish, Castilian
- porro Spanish, Castilian
- pro Spanish, Castilian
- puerro Spanish, Castilian
- *per- Proto-Indo-European
- *pro- Proto-Indo-European
- *pr̥so- Proto-Indo-European
- purre Norwegian Bokmål
- pró Portuguese
- purre Norwegian Nynorsk
- pro Middle English
- porre Danish
- partie Old French
- penser Old French
- poiree Old French
- poree Old French
- porpartie Old French
- porpenser Old French
- porquant Old French
- purposer Old French
- quant Old French
- porro Catalan, Valencian
- porró Catalan, Valencian
- porro Galician
- pouor Norman
- pour Norman
- pour Middle French
- per Old Portuguese
- por Old Portuguese
- porro Old Portuguese
- por Slovene
- por Asturian
- puerru Asturian
- por Old Spanish