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ꝓ-

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Etymology

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Orthographic borrowing from Medieval Latin ꝓ-, an abbreviation of pro- (whence English pro-).

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ꝓ-

  1. (obsolete) Scribal abbreviation of pro-.
    • 1526, [William Bonde], [] [T]he Pylgrimage of Perfection: [], London: [] Richarde Pynson [], →OCLC, title page:
      ⸿Here begynneth a deuout treatyſe in Englyſſhe / called the Pylgrimage of perfection: very fitable foꝛ all chꝛiſten people to rede: and in eſpeciall / to all relygious ſons moche neceſſary.
    • 1530, Johan Palſgrave [i.e., John Palsgrave], Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse: [], Geneva: Slatkine Reprints, published 1972, unnumbered page:
      And nowe as touchying the ſeconde poynte whiche is to be bꝛefe and ſodayne without any maner of harſheneſſe in theyꝛ noũciation / what conſonantes ſo euer they wꝛite in any woꝛde foꝛ the kepying of trewe oꝛthographie []

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Category English terms prefixed with ꝓ- not found

Latin

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Prefix

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ꝓ-

  1. (Medieval Latin) Scribal abbreviation of pro-.
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