{"era":"current","word":"prosecute","meaning":"to pursue or continue a course of action, especially a legal case","children":[{"era":"1400s","word":"Middle English prosecute","meaning":"to pursue or carry on","children":[{"era":"1200s","word":"Old French prosecuter","meaning":"to pursue","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"Latin prosequi","meaning":"to follow after","children":[],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Old French"}],"language":"Middle English"}],"language":"Modern English"}