Where does “профанировать” come from?

профанировать (Russian) comes from French profaner, from Latin profānāre.

профанировать (Russian): to profane

Definitions

  1. to profane

Ancestry of “профанировать”, step by step

профанировать traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French profaner

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchprofanerto profane
2Latinprofānāre—

via German profanieren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanprofanieren—
Every word from Latin profānāre →Every word from French profaner →