Etymograph

English

professer

profess + -er

Formed from profess + -er

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to speak’

Proto-Italic *fatēōr ‘to confess’

Latin fateor ‘to confess, acknowledge’

Latin profitērī

Old French professer ‘to profess’

English profess

Today it means

noun —

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

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