myEtymology.com: English etymology of prostrating

Etymology of the English word prostrating

the English word prostrating

derived from the English word prostrate

derived from the Latin word prosternere (knock over, lay low; strike down)

derived from the New Latin word pro-

using the Greek prefix pro-, προ- (before)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per

derived from the Latin word sternere (spread, strew, scatter)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ster-