prone

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Likely to do or suffer something, especially something bad.

   He is prone to making mistakes when he rushes.

2. 2
   adj

   Lying flat with the face downward.

   The patient was asked to lie in a prone position.

From Middle English prone, proone, proon, from Latin prōnus (“turned forward, bent or inclined”), from prō (“forward”).

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