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progress

Ancestral Lore

Ancestral Lore of progress

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"

progress noun
  • a going on
    • a going on for the sake of going on; a meaningless word in its own right, having no positive connotation whatsoever; for example: a going on towards an abyss can be called progress, simply for being a sequence of steps
  • a: a royal journey marked by pomp and pageant; a state procession
    b: a tour or circuit made by an official (such as a judge)
    c: an expedition, journey, or march through a region
  • forward or onward movement (as to an objective or to a goal); advance
  • gradual betterment

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The last definition of progress is a later addition. Initially, progress was primarily "a state journey by royalty".

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~☉~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
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