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|etymtx=Grammatical information: Adv., prefix and prep. (w. gen.).<br />Meaning: [[forth]], [[forward]], [[before]], [[for]] (Il.).<br />Other forms: Myc. <b class="b2">poro-</b>.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [813] <b class="b2">*pro</b> [[forward]]<br />Etymology: Ending as in <b class="b3">ἀπό</b>, <b class="b3">ὑπό</b>. Old inherited and in most IE lamguages, mostly as prefix, retained: Skt. <b class="b2">prá</b>, Av. OP <b class="b2">fra-</b>, Lat. <b class="b2">pro-</b>, Celt., e.g. OIr. <b class="b2">ro-</b>, Germ., e.g. Goth. <b class="b2">fra-</b>, Balt., e.g. Lith. <b class="b2">pra-</b>, Slav., e.g. OCS <b class="b2">pro-</b>, Russ. [[pro]], IE <b class="b2">*pro</b>. Beside it with lengthened vowel <b class="b2">*prō</b> in <b class="b3">πρωΐ</b> (s.v.) etc., with unknown quantity Hitt. <b class="b2">pa-ra-a</b> <b class="b2">forward, to light</b>. -- To [[πρόκα]], [[πρόμος]], [[πρότερος]] s. vv. Here also <b class="b3">πρίν</b>, <b class="b3">πρός</b>, ( not <b class="b3">πρυ-</b> in <b class="b3">πρύτανις</b> a.o.). Remotely related are perh. [[πάρα]], [[πάρος]], [[πέρα]](<b class="b3">ν</b>), [[πέρι]] etc.; s. vv. Extensively on <b class="b3">πρό</b> Schwyzer-Debrunner 505ff. w. lit.