Where does “profaculty” come from?
profaculty (English) comes from English pro, from English professional, from English profession, from Anglo-Norman professioun, from Old French profession, from Latin professiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
profaculty (English): Supporting or favouring the faculty
Definitions
- Supporting or favouring the faculty
Ancestry of “profaculty”, step by step
profaculty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pro | An advantage of something, especially when... |
| 2 | English | professional | A person who belongs to a profession; A person... |
| 3 | English | profession | A declaration of belief, faith or one's opinion,... |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | professioun | — |
| 5 | Old French | profession | profession; declaration |
| 6 | Latin | professiō | declaration, avowal, profession (act of professing) |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English faculty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | faculty | The academic staff at schools, colleges,... |
| 2 | Middle English | faculte | Power, skill, capability, capacity; the amount... |
| 3 | Old French | faculte | — |
| 4 | Latin | facultās | ability to do any thing easily, skill, capacity, power |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | fakelitāts | — |