προέρχομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

προ- (before) + ἔρχομαι (I come)

Pronunciation

 

Verb

προέρχομαι (proérkhomai) (deponent)

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