Where does “profession” come from?
Profession comes from Old French profession, derived from Latin professionem, originally meaning a public declaration or avowal.
profession (English): A declaration of belief, faith or one's opinion,...
Definitions
- A declaration of belief, faith or one's opinion,...
Ancestry of “profession”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | professioun | — |
| 2 | Old French | profession | profession; declaration |
| 3 | Latin | professiō | declaration, avowal, profession (act of professing) |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |