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pro-ˈethnic, a.
[pro-1 and pro-2.]
1. Philol. Anterior to the division of the primitive Aryans into separate nations or peoples, or of any people or race into separate tribes.
1864Max Müller Sc. Lang. (1868) 383 Ser. ii. viii. Deriving both from a common Aryan or pro-ethnic source. 1887R. S. Conway Verner's Law in Italy §5 Medial s between vowels..became voiced (z) in pro-ethnic Italic. 1906J. H. Moulton Gram. N.T. Gk. I. ix. 221 The Greek participle..represents the proëthnic participle. 1935G. K. Zipf Psycho-Biol. of Lang. iv. 162 The shift in accent which took place in almost every Indo-European dialect after the pro-ethnic parent language broke up into its dialects.
2. Favouring the Gentiles, as opp. to the Jews. rare.
1920R. Harris Testimonies II. ii. 13 Propagating by testimonies a Gospel which is at once pro-ethnic and anti-Judaic.
Hence pro-ˈethnically adv.
1920R. Harris Testimonies II. ii. 16 As it is written: Father of many nations (ἐθνῶν) have I set thee... The extract from Genesis turns on the use of the word ἐθνῶν, and the words are used pro-ethnically. |