prone - to be prone to (sth.)
Marianne Uehlin... - Wed, 07/13/2016 - 12:07
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Etym. online
c. 1400, "naturally inclined to something, apt, liable," from Latin pronus "bent forward, leaning forward, bent over," figuratively "inclined to, disposed," perhaps from adverbial form of pro- "before, for, instead of" (see pro-) + ending as in infernus, externus. Meaning "lying face-down" is first recorded 1570s.
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