prootint.v.

Brit.

/pruːt/, U.S.

/prut/

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare earlier proo int.In spite of the assertion in quot. 1950 and the context of quots. 1879¹, 1879² a French or Occitan etymon has not been traced.

Now rare.

A command to a donkey or mule to move faster. Cf. proo int.In quot. 1879² also as intransitive verb: to cry ‘proot!’.

ΚΠ

1879 R. L. Stevenson Trav. with Donkey 18 [He] taught me the true cry or masonic word of donkey-drivers, ‘Proot!’

1879 R. L. Stevenson Trav. with Donkey 20 ‘Proot!’ seemed to have lost its virtue. I prooted like a lion, I prooted mellifluously like a sucking-dove; but Modestine would be neither softened nor intimidated.

1917 C. S. Brooks There's Pippins & Cheese to Come 38 The widow is handed in [sc. to a wicker carriage]. Her feet are wound around with comforters against a draft... Her ample bag of knitting is safe aboard... Proot! The donkey starts.

1950 L. G. Green In Land of Afternoon ix. 132 One expert driver..encourages his mules by yelling the principal parts of Greek verbs... The word of command ‘Proot!’, which appears to have come from France with the Huguenots, is more commonly heard.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	proot
释义	prootint.v. Brit. /pruːt/, U.S. /prut/ Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare earlier proo int.In spite of the assertion in quot. 1950 and the context of quots. 1879¹, 1879² a French or Occitan etymon has not been traced. Now rare. A command to a donkey or mule to move faster. Cf. proo int.In quot. 1879² also as intransitive verb: to cry ‘proot!’. ΚΠ 1879 R. L. Stevenson Trav. with Donkey 18 [He] taught me the true cry or masonic word of donkey-drivers, ‘Proot!’ 1879 R. L. Stevenson Trav. with Donkey 20 ‘Proot!’ seemed to have lost its virtue. I prooted like a lion, I prooted mellifluously like a sucking-dove; but Modestine would be neither softened nor intimidated. 1917 C. S. Brooks There's Pippins & Cheese to Come 38 The widow is handed in [sc. to a wicker carriage]. Her feet are wound around with comforters against a draft... Her ample bag of knitting is safe aboard... Proot! The donkey starts. 1950 L. G. Green In Land of Afternoon ix. 132 One expert driver..encourages his mules by yelling the principal parts of Greek verbs... The word of command ‘Proot!’, which appears to have come from France with the Huguenots, is more commonly heard. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.v.1879
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