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PROLETARIAT
Definition of PROLETARIAT
noun
The lowest class of society; also, the lower classes of society generally; the masses.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from French prolétariat, from prolétaire + -at, from Latin proletārius, from prōlēt- (“offspring”) + -ārius, from stem of prōlēs, from pro- + *olēs (“growth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”). By surface analysis, Latin prōlēt- + -ary + -at.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,608)
How it is built
Same root, PROLETARIAT · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROLETARIAT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROLETARIAT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AAEILOPRRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R, T and A appear more than once.
Words that start PROLETA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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