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 [with από (apó, + accusative)]

Conjugation

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

References

  1. ^ προέρχομαι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language