from Latin progressio, progressionis "forward movement, climax, rising figure of speech"
pro "about, for, in front of/instead of" + gress, from gradior, gradi, gressus "walk, step, take steps, go"
The last definition of progress is a later addition. Initially, progress was primarily "a state journey by royalty".
~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
⚜ | classic definition |
☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |