myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of professor

Etymology of the Latin word professor

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-