Where does “profiteur” come from?
profiteur (Dutch) comes from French profiteur, from French profiter, from French profit, from Old French profit, from Latin profectus, from Latin proficiscor, from Latin proficio, from Latin faciō.
profiteur (Dutch): profiteer
Ancestry of “profiteur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | profiteur | profiteer |
| 2 | French | profiter | to take advantage to, make the most of; to be... |
| 3 | French | profit | profit, benefit |
| 4 | Old French | profit | — |
| 5 | Latin | profectus | advance, progress, effect, increase, growth,... |
| 6 | Latin | proficiscor | I set out, depart, leave |
| 7 | Latin | proficio | I advance, make progress, make headway; I... |
| 8 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 9 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 10 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 11 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |