prolétariat
French
Etymology
From prolétaire + -at, from Latin proletarius (“a man whose only wealth is his offspring, or whose sole service to the state is as father”), from proles (“offspring, posterity”)
Related terms
Further reading
- “prolétariat” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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