Where does “profesor” come from?

profesor (Romanian) comes from French professeur, 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.

profesor (Romanian): professor; teacher

Definitions

  1. professor; teacher

Ancestry of “profesor”, step by step

profesor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French professeur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchprofesseurteacher; professor
2Latinprofessorteacher, professor
3LatinprofiteorI declare publicly, own or confess openly,...
4Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
5Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via German Professor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanProfessorprofessor

Words derived from “profesor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European por- →