Where does “Profitrate” come from?
Profitrate (German) comes from German rate, from Italian rata, from Latin rata, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
Profitrate (German): rate of profit, i.e. of the total value invested in a commodity the proportion that ends in the hands of the capitalist
Definitions
- rate of profit, i.e. of the total value invested in a commodity the proportion that ends in the hands of the capitalist
Ancestry of “Profitrate”, step by step
Profitrate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German rate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | rate | inflection of raten: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Italian | rata | instalment |
| 3 | Latin | rata | inflection of ratus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 4 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 5 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via German Profit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Profit | profit |