pro

Etymology
of +  of.

Etymology 1
From Late, from.

Noun

 * 1)  An advantage of something, especially when contrasted with its disadvantages (cons).
 * 2) A person who supports a concept or principle.
 * 1) A person who supports a concept or principle.
 * 1) A person who supports a concept or principle.
 * 1) A person who supports a concept or principle.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish:, hyvä puoli
 * French: les pours, les avantages
 * Georgian: უპირატესობა
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovak: plus, klad, výhoda
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ข้อดี
 * Vietnamese:

Preposition

 * 1) In favor of.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: مع
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * Italian: in favore di,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovak:
 * Tagalog: sang-ayon
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Vietnamese:

Etymology 2
.

Noun

 * 1) A professional sportsman.
 * 2)  Professional.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Norwegian: proff


 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Estonian: proff
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: consultus
 * Norwegian: proff
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovak: profík, profíčka
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:

Adjective

 * 1) Professional.

Derived terms

 * pro wrestling

Etymology 3
.

Noun

 * 1)  A prostitute.
 * 2) * 1974, "Fynn" (Sydney Hopkins), 
 * Millie was one of the dozen or so pros who had a house at the top of the street.

Noun

 * 1)  A proproctor.

Etymology 5
.

Noun

 * 1)  A chemical prophylaxis taken after sex to avoid contracting venereal disease.

Noun

 * 1) ; benefit; bonus

Preposition

 * , for; in favour of

Etymology
From clipping of.

Adjective

 * 1)  professional

Etymology 1
, from.

Preposition

 * 1) for

Preposition

 * 1) caused by, because of, owing to, due to
 * 2) motivated by, for the sake of, on account of, for
 * 3) in exchange for

Etymology 1
or.

Adverb

 * 1) instead of, rather than

Etymology 2
, from.

Adjective

 * 1) skilled

Etymology 1
.

Adjective

 * 1)  professional

Noun

 * 1)  professional
 * 2)  a whiz, someone who is very good at something
 * 1)  a whiz, someone who is very good at something

Etymology 2
From.

Adjective

 * 1)  next

Etymology
.

Preposition

 * 1) per, each

Usage notes

 * Followed by a noun in either the accusative or dative case. No semantic distinction is made between the cases here. Examples from Duden:
 * When used in a Latin phrase, the ablative is used according to the rules of Latin grammar: or Pars pro Toto, and  or pro Forma.
 * When used in a Latin phrase, the ablative is used according to the rules of Latin grammar: or Pars pro Toto, and  or pro Forma.
 * When used in a Latin phrase, the ablative is used according to the rules of Latin grammar: or Pars pro Toto, and  or pro Forma.

Preposition

 * 1) because of

Etymology 1
.

Adjective

 * , in favor of.

Etymology 2
From.

Etymology
From, which is the predecessor of , and  via. See also por.

Preposition

 * 1) for, to, for the sake of, not against
 * 2) in place of, in exchange for, in return for
 * 3) (+ infinitive) to, in order to expressing the intended purpose of an action
 * 1) in place of, in exchange for, in return for
 * 2) (+ infinitive) to, in order to expressing the intended purpose of an action
 * 1) (+ infinitive) to, in order to expressing the intended purpose of an action
 * 1) (+ infinitive) to, in order to expressing the intended purpose of an action

Etymology 1
From.

Pronunciation

 * The preposition does not trigger syntactic gemination in the following word, but the noun does.

Preposition

 * 1)  for, in favor of/in favour of

Noun

 * 1)  good, benefit, advantage, weal

Etymology 2
.

Noun

 * 1)  pro

Etymology
From, from , o-grade of.

The ablative is from the PIE locative. The accusative is like. The Late Latin accusative is from the case merger trend.

Preposition
(accusative in Late Latin)


 * 1) for
 * 2) on behalf of, in the interest of, for the sake of
 * 3) * 6th century BC, Tibur pedestal inscription (CIL I$2$ 2658; image (page 18)):
 * "la"

- 𐌇𐌏𐌉𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌌𐌉𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌊𐌀𐌖𐌉𐌏𐌔𐌌𐌏𐌍𐌉𐌏𐌔𐌒𐌄𐌕𐌉𐌏𐌔𐌃[𐌏]𐌍𐌏𐌌𐌐𐌓𐌏𐌅𐌉𐌋𐌄𐌏𐌃


 * 1) before, in front of
 * 2) instead of
 * 3) about
 * 4) according to
 * 5) as, like
 * 6) as befitting
 * 1) as befitting

Etymology
From.

Preposition

 * 1) per

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  advantage, benefit, upside

Preposition

 * 1) enough
 * N'i a pro. - There is enough (of it).
 * 1) quite
 * Una rauba pro polida. - A quite pretty dress.

Etymology 2
From. .

Noun

 * 1) profit, advantage

Descendants

 * (in the idiom )

Etymology
From, perhaps via Old Occitan.

Noun

 * 1) usefulness, advantage, benefit

Etymology
.

Etymology
From.

Preposition

 * 1) for

Etymology 1
, from.

Noun

 * 1) usefulness, advantage, benefit

Etymology 2
A recent Latinism, borrowed from ; see above. .

Preposition

 * , in favor of, for

Usage notes

 * Equivalent to, and often replaced with, en pro de (see en, de) or a favor de (see a, favor).

Etymology 3
A very recent anglicism, borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  (professional)

Adjective

 * 1)  (professional)

Preposition

 * 1) for