English

for-profit

From for + profit; see the earlier not-for-profit and nonprofit.

A compound of for + profit

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- ‘before’

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Proto-Germanic *furi

Proto-West Germanic *furi

Old English for ‘for’

Middle English for

English for

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

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Latin prōficiō ‘to advance; to benefit, profit’

Latin prōfectus ‘advance, progress, profit’

Old French profit

Middle English profit

Today it means

adj For the purpose of making money, especially in relation to an organization that was not formerly, or is not usually, run to make money.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / for-profit