Where does “profeți” come from?
profeți (Romanian) comes from Romanian profet, from French prophète, from Middle French prophete, from Old French prophete, from Latin prophēta, from Ancient Greek προφήτης, from Ancient Greek φημί, from Proto-Hellenic pʰā́mā.
profeți (Romanian): to prophesy
Definitions
- to prophesy
Ancestry of “profeți”, step by step
profeți traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian profet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | profet | prophet |
| 2 | French | prophète | prophet (one who speaks by divine inspiration) |
| 3 | Middle French | prophete | prophet |
| 4 | Old French | prophete | prophet |
| 5 | Latin | prophēta | prophet, soothsayer |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | προφήτης | one who speaks for and interprets the will of a... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | φημί | I speak, say; I say yes, agree, affirm, assert |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | pʰā́mā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-meh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |