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pro (n.1)
1866, shortening of
professional
(n.). The adjective is first recorded 1915 (in golfing's
pro shop
).
pro (n.2)
"a consideration or argument in favor," c.1400, from Latin
pro
(see
pro-
).
Pro and con
is attested from c.1400, short for
pro and contra
"for and against" (Latin
pro et contra
).