PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
No. Proverb, the traditional saying, is recorded from the fourteenth century through Latin proverbium; pro-verb, a grammatical substitute, is separately dated to 1907.
/ˈprɑːˌvɜːrb/ · noun
A brief traditional saying or maxim; English received the word through Anglo-French from Latin proverbium.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
Separates the Latin saying word from the 1907 grammatical term.
Word History for proverb noun (1) and pro-verb noun (2)Confirms that grammatical labels can contain verb without sharing proverb’s ancestry.
Modern grammatical terminology contextThe hyphenated form remains a relative, not an ancestor node.