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ꝓ-

ꝓ- prefix: scribal abbreviation of pro-.

Prefix

ꝓ-

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

Origin of ꝓ-

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

Words formed from ꝓ-

Questions about ꝓ-

What does ꝓ- mean?
Ꝓ- means scribal abbreviation of pro-.
What part of speech is ꝓ-?
Ꝓ- is a prefix.

Words near ꝓ- in the dictionary

  1. な-adjective
  2. な-adjectives
  3. ꜧ
  4. ꜱ
  5. ꝑ
  6. ꝓ-
  7. ꝓchein
  8. ꝓfit
  9. ꞌAylóꞌchaxnim
  10. ꞌAylóꞌchaxnim asteroid
  11. ꞌAylóꞌchaxnim asteroids

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