English
profer
Profer comes from Old French proferer ‘to say out loud’, from Latin prōferō ‘to bring forth, produce, utter’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to be carrying’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō‘carry, bear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōferōas proferre‘to bring forth, produce, utter’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400proferer‘to say out loud’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500proferen
- Englishtodayprofer
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to be carrying’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō‘carry, bear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōferōas proferre‘to bring forth, produce, utter’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400proferer‘to say out loud’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500proferen
- Englishtodayprofer
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
bar, birth, bread, fortune, broad, burden, bearing, barrel, barn, bore, fury, breeze, prefer, bark, baron, embargo, fret, berth, broom, barrow, ferret, furtive, insufferable, bahar, bier, birr, barrette, bairn, burnish, proffer, 112 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to be carrying’
bear, borne, phosphate, phosphorus, euphoria, dysphoria, semaphore, phosphine, indifferently, 90 more
through Proto-Italic *ferō ‘to carry, bear’
suffering, differently, differentiation, indifferent, infertility, deference, infertile, differentially, differentiable, deferential, differentiator, 67 more
through Latin ferō ‘carry, bear’
different, difference, relative, translation, extraordinary, reference, transfer, relation, offer, relate, frustration, suffer, translate, strangely, referendum, differ, fertility, extravagant, referee, fertile, frustrate, elated, infra, extraneous, ablation, fertilization, confer, elation, strangeness, defer, infer, collation, dilate, collate, ablative, fertilize, oblate, estrange, efferent, 78 more
Today it means
verb To utter; to pronounce.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / profer