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I was thinking about the words 'pronumeral' and 'pronoun',pronumeral and pronoun; I realisedrealized they both share a prefix, and are both proxies for numerals and nouns. I was wondering if there is any connection between the words, as 'proxy' since proxy also begins with 'pro'pro. If 'proxy'proxy is unrelated, is there any reason for the two words to start with 'pro'pro?

I was thinking about the words 'pronumeral' and 'pronoun', and I realised they both share a prefix, and are both proxies for numerals and nouns. I was wondering if there is any connection between the words, as 'proxy' also begins with 'pro'. If 'proxy' is unrelated, is there any reason for the two words to start with 'pro'?

I was thinking about the words pronumeral and pronoun; I realized they both share a prefix, and are both proxies for numerals and nouns. I was wondering if there is any connection between the words since proxy also begins with pro. If proxy is unrelated, is there any reason for the two words to start with pro?

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Connection between 'proxy', 'pronumeral' and 'pronoun'?

I was thinking about the words 'pronumeral' and 'pronoun', and I realised they both share a prefix, and are both proxies for numerals and nouns. I was wondering if there is any connection between the words, as 'proxy' also begins with 'pro'. If 'proxy' is unrelated, is there any reason for the two words to start with 'pro'?