Where does “nonprofiteering” come from?
nonprofiteering (English) comes from English profiteering, from English profiteer, from English profit, from Middle English profit, from Old French profit, from Latin profectus, from Latin proficiscor, from Latin proficio.
nonprofiteering (English): Not profiteering
Definitions
- Not profiteering
Ancestry of “nonprofiteering”, step by step
nonprofiteering traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English profiteering
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | profiteering | present participle of profiteer; The act of... |
| 2 | English | profiteer | One who makes an unreasonable profit not... |
| 3 | English | profit | Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The... |
| 4 | Middle English | profit | — |
| 5 | Old French | profit | — |
| 6 | Latin | profectus | advance, progress, effect, increase, growth,... |
| 7 | Latin | proficiscor | I set out, depart, leave |
| 8 | Latin | proficio | I advance, make progress, make headway; I... |
| 9 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 10 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 11 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 12 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |