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You can find out on your ipad 2 all about the history of the word ‘prostitute’. The term is derived from the Latin ‘prostituta’. The verb is composed of ‘pro’ which means ‘up front’ or ‘forward’ and ‘situere’ which means ‘to offer up for sale’. Yet this is just one theory on the composition of the verb. Another explanation posits that ‘prostituta’ is in fact composed of ‘pro’ and ‘statuere’ which together means ‘to cause to stand’.
The theory that ‘pro’ derives from ‘upfront’ does have historical basis. In Ancient Rome, prostitutes did not cover their faces as women customarily did. The general practice for Ancient Roman women was to cover their faces in public with a ‘palla’, a head cloth. ‘Prostituta’ referred to those independent sex workers who worked in taverns, in their homes, or on the streets. Slaves sold to brothel-owners would not be called ‘prostitutas’.
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