myEtymology.com: Spanish etymology of profetizar

Etymology of the Spanish word profetizar

the Spanish word profetizar

derived from the Latin word prophetizare (prophesy, foretell, predict)

derived from the Latin word propheta (prophet; spokesman, interpreter of a god)

derived from the Greek word prophetes, προφήτης (a foreteller ('prophet'); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet)

derived from the Greek word prophemi

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

derived from the Greek word phemi, φημί (to say; to show or make known one's thoughts; speak or say)

derived from the Greek word prophetizo

derived from the Greek word ptophetes