προέρχομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

προ- (“before”) +‎ ἔρχομαι (“to come”)

Pronunciation

 

Verb

προέρχομαι • (proérkhomai) (deponent)

  1. to go forward, go in advance
  2. to proceed, go on (in narrating, or speaking)
  3. to arrive first
  4. to appear in court

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: προέρχομαι (proérchomai)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek προέρχομαι (“arrive first, go before”). Morphologically, from προ- (“from”) +‎ έρχομαι (“come”). The modern sense: semantic loan from French provenir.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /proˈerxome/
  • Hyphenation: προ‧έρ‧χο‧μαι

Verb

προέρχομαι • (proérchomai) deponent (past προήλθα/προήρθα)

  1. to originate, spring from, come from

Conjugation

  • έρχομαι (érchomai, “to come”)
  • προερχόμενος (proerchómenos, participle)

References

  1. προέρχομαι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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