Where does “emeritusprofessori” come from?
emeritusprofessori (Finnish) comes from Finnish professori, from Latin professor, from Latin profiteor, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
emeritusprofessori (Finnish): professor emeritus; professor emerita
Definitions
- professor emeritus; professor emerita
Ancestry of “emeritusprofessori”, step by step
emeritusprofessori traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish professori
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | professori | professor; an honorary title of the sixth rank... |
| 2 | Latin | professor | teacher, professor |
| 3 | Latin | profiteor | I declare publicly, own or confess openly,... |
| 4 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Finnish emeritus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | emeritus | emeritus male person who is retired from active service, chiefly used of university professors, bishops and holders of other high-ranking positions, often added in their previous title |
| 2 | Latin | emeritus | earned, merited, having been earned; served,... |
| 3 | Latin | emereo | I earn, merit, gain by service; I serve out; I... |
| 4 | Latin | mereō | to deserve, merit |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mer- | to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to... |