Where does “professional” come from?
Professional derives from English profession, which comes from Latin professionem, originally meaning a public declaration or avowal.
professional (English): A person who belongs to a profession; A person...
Definitions
- A person who belongs to a profession; A person...
Ancestry of “professional”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | profession | A declaration of belief, faith or one's opinion,... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | professioun | — |
| 3 | Old French | profession | profession; declaration |
| 4 | Latin | professiō | declaration, avowal, profession (act of professing) |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “professional”
- pro
- professionally
- professionalism
- professionalization
- unprofessional
- proslavery
- nonprofessional
- professionalisation
- paraprofessional
- interprofessional
- procompetitive
- prothorax
- professionalize
- procaine
- semiprofessional
- procoagulant
- semipro
- proinsulin
- probusiness
- prosumer
- proarrhythmic
- prognathous
- prodomain
- preprofessional