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Where does “professeth” come from?

professeth (English) comes from English profess, from Latin professus, from Latin profiteor, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.

professeth (English): Third-person singular simple present indicative...

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  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “professeth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprofessTo administer the vows of a religious order to ;...
2Latinprofessusconfessed, acknowledged, avowed, professed,...
3LatinprofiteorI declare publicly, own or confess openly,...
4Latinprō-—
5Proto-Italic*pro-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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