Etymology of the Latin word professus
the Church Latin word
professusderived 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
*perderived 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-Derivations in Latin
professorDerivations in other languages
French
profès, Italian
professo, Italian
professare, Portuguese
professo, Spanish
profesoUsage
Word found in Church Latin
