Where does “professionalism” come from?
Professionalism comes from English profession, derived from Latin professio meaning a public declaration or avowal of one's occupation or expertise.
professionalism (English): The status, methods, character or standards...
Definitions
- The status, methods, character or standards...
Ancestry of “professionalism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | professional | A person who belongs to a profession; A person... |
| 2 | English | profession | A declaration of belief, faith or one's opinion,... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | professioun | — |
| 4 | Old French | profession | profession; declaration |
| 5 | Latin | professiō | declaration, avowal, profession (act of professing) |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |