Where does “profiteering” come from?
Profiteering is derived from English profiteer, itself from Middle French -ier and Middle French -er suffixes attached to Latin -arius, ultimately rooted in Latin -are verbal forms.
profiteering (English): present participle of profiteer; The act of...
Definitions
- present participle of profiteer; The act of...
Ancestry of “profiteering”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | profiteer | One who makes an unreasonable profit not... |
| 2 | English | profit | Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The... |
| 3 | Middle English | profit | — |
| 4 | Old French | profit | — |
| 5 | Latin | profectus | advance, progress, effect, increase, growth,... |
| 6 | Latin | proficiscor | I set out, depart, leave |
| 7 | Latin | proficio | I advance, make progress, make headway; I... |
| 8 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 9 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 10 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 11 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |