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pro-war

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English

Syllables
pro-war
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

In favour of a military solution to a political problem.

Etymology

Etymology tree English pro- Proto-Indo-European *wers-der. Proto-Germanic *werzaną Proto-West Germanic *werʀan Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-West Germanic *-u Frankish *werʀubor. Early Medieval Latin werra Old Northern French guerreder. Old English werre Middle English werre English war English pro-war From pro- + war.

Inflected Forms

more pro-war (comparative) most pro-war (superlative)

Questions

What does pro-war mean?
In favour of a military solution to a political problem.
Where does pro-war come from?
Etymology tree English pro- Proto-Indo-European *wers-der. Proto-Germanic *werzaną Proto-West Germanic *werʀan Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-West Germanic *-u Frankish *werʀubor. Early Medieval Latin werra Old Northern French guerreder. Old English werre Middle English werre English war English pro-war From pro- + war.

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