profiter
French
verb
Definitions
- to take advantage to, make the most of
- to be profitable or beneficial
- (intransitive) to thrive, do well; (of clothes) wear well, soak up (sun, atmosphere)
Etymology
Suffix from French profit.
Origin
French
profit
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- profectus Latin
- Profiteur German
- profitábilis Hungarian
- profiteur Dutch, Flemish
- profit French
- profitabilité French
- profitable French
- profitablement French
- profiterole French
- profiteur French
- profit Old French
- profitabil Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pwofite Haitian, Haitian Creole
- profité Louisiana Creole French