profit
French
noun
Definitions
- profit, benefit
Etymology
Inherited from Old French profit derived from Latin prōfectus (progress, success).
Origin
Latin
prōfectus
Gloss
progress, success
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- disprofit English
- megaprofit English
- non-profit English
- nonprofit English
- profit English
- profiteer English
- profiter English
- profiterole English
- profitest English
- profiteth English
- profitless English
- profitmaking English
- profitseeking English
- profitsome English
- profitwise English
- superprofit English
- unprofit English
- profecticius Latin
- profectus Latin
- prōfectus Latin
- profitable French
- profiter French
- profiterole French
- profiteur French
- provecho Spanish, Castilian
- profitt Norwegian Bokmål
- profitt Norwegian Nynorsk
- profit Middle English
- profit Old French
- profit Catalan, Valencian
- proveito Galician
- profijt Middle Dutch
- profiterol Turkish
- profit Norman
- proveito Old Portuguese
- profit Tok Pisin
- pwofite Haitian, Haitian Creole
- profité Louisiana Creole French