Where does “pwofite” come from?
pwofite (Haitian Creole) comes from French profiter, from French profit, from Old French profit, from Latin profectus, from Latin proficiscor, from Latin proficio, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.
pwofite (Haitian Creole): To profit
Ancestry of “pwofite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | profiter | to take advantage to, make the most of; to be... |
| 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 | — |