Where does “profit” come from?
profit (Tok Pisin) comes from English profit, from Middle English profit, from Old French profit, from Latin profectus, from Latin proficiscor, from Latin proficio, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.
profit (Tok Pisin): profit; interest
Definitions
- profit; interest
Ancestry of “profit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | profit | Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The... |
| 2 | Middle English | profit | — |
| 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 | — |