Etymology of the English word proletariat
the English word
proletariatderived from the French word
prolétariatderived from the French word
prolétairederived from the Latin word
proletarius (lowest class citizen; proletarian; proletarian, of lowest class; common)
derived from the Latin word
proles (offspring, descendant; that springs by birth)
derived from the New Latin word
pro-using the Greek prefix
pro-, προ- (before)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*perderived from the Latin word
alere (feed, nourish, rear)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*al-Usage
Word found in Modern English
