prost
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- provost: an honorific title for a priest, awarded by the bishop
Etymology
Derived from German Propst derived from Middle Low German prōvest derived from Latin prōpositus.
Origin
Latin
prōpositus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- praepositus Latin
- prōpositus Latin
- Propst German
- dom Swedish
- domprost Swedish
- kontrakt Swedish
- kontraktsprost Swedish
- profost Old English
- provst Danish
- provost Old French
- brobest Middle High German
- provest Middle Low German
- prōvest Middle Low German