Where does “profit” come from?
profit (Old French) comes from Latin profectus, from Latin proficiscor, from Latin proficio, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
Ancestry of “profit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | profectus | advance, progress, effect, increase, growth,... |
| 2 | Latin | proficiscor | I set out, depart, leave |
| 3 | Latin | proficio | I advance, make progress, make headway; I... |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |