Where does “profiterole” come from?
profiterole (English) comes from French profiterole, from French profit, from Old French profit, from Latin profectus, from Latin proficiscor, from Latin proficio, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.
profiterole (English): A small, hollow case of choux pastry with a...
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- A small, hollow case of choux pastry with a...
Ancestry of “profiterole”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | profiterole | profiterole |
| 2 | French | profit | profit, benefit |
| 3 | Old French | profit | — |
| 4 | Latin | profectus | advance, progress, effect, increase, growth,... |
| 5 | Latin | proficiscor | I set out, depart, leave |
| 6 | Latin | proficio | I advance, make progress, make headway; I... |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |