Where does “non-profit” come from?
non-profit (English) comes from English nonprofit, from English profit, from Middle English profit, from Old French profit, from Latin profectus, from Latin proficiscor, from Latin proficio, from Latin faciō.
non-profit (English): Alternative form of nonprofit
Definitions
- Alternative form of nonprofit
Ancestry of “non-profit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | nonprofit | Not seeking to produce a profit; An organization... |
| 2 | English | profit | Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The... |
| 3 | Middle English | profit | — |
| 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 | — |