Where does “профитроли” come from?
профитроли (Russian) comes from French profiterole, from French profit, from Old French profit, from Latin profectus, from Latin proficiscor, from Latin proficio, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.
Ancestry of “профитроли”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | profiterole | profiterole |
| 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 | to do |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |