"Pro" 2: "Project"

       That little “pro” is always moving forward, as in "project" (noun and verb). 

       Consider "film project.”  It seems to be the universal term for this Hollywood creative effort.  Sort of like “construction project.”  And I guess it really is:  a multi-headed effort involving bankrollers, script writers, producers, actors, director, cinematographer, scenic artists, editors, etc.  It needs to be “projected,” “-ject” deriving from Latin iacere, to “throw” or “lay.”  Lots of projects that are “thrown forward”... that are “fore-cast”... are “thrown out” before they materialize.

       But if such a hydra-headed monster survives and flourishes, it's mysteriously gratifying and wondrous.  It’s a “project” which had to be negotiated and carried forward through innumerable byways.  A work had been projected and achieved!  Now nothing needed but a projector...and the audience.