Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To place in a prone position, to place face down.
Lying face-down. · Of the hand, forearm or foot: turned facing away from the body; with the thumb inward or big toe downward. · Having a downward inclination or slope. · Shooting from a position while lying down.
From Middle English prone, proone, proon, from Latin prōnus (“turned forward, bent or inclined”), from prō (“forward”).
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