prostrate

/pˈɹɒstɹeɪt/PRO-strayt

/pˈɹɑstɹeɪt/PRAH-strayt

Meaninglaid flat forward

Common meaning: lying flat, face down

proforward; forth
stratto spread out, lay flatLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1757 · scan

‘forward’ + ‘to spread out, lay flat’ → prostrate

Journey through time

Latinsternō, strāvī, strātum‘to spread out, lay flat’
Englishprostrate‘lying flat, face down’ · today

pro- also in: prompt propel problem proceed process

strat also in: stratum street consternation

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin sternō ‘to spread out, lay flat’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry sternō, p. 1757 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry STREET, p. 602 · dictionary scan

Roots

sternō, strāvī, strātum Latin “to spread out, lay flat”

Related words

consternation stratum street

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