myEtymology.com: French etymology of professeur

Etymology of the French word professeur

the Old French word professeur

derived from the Latin word professor

derived from the Church Latin word professus

derived from the Latin word profiteri (declare; profess)

derived from the New Latin word pro-

using the Greek prefix pro-, προ- (before)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per

derived from the Latin word fateri (admit, confess)

derived from the Latin word fari (speak, talk; say)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bha-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bhā-

English professor, Romanian profesor

Word found in Old French