Etymograph

English

professory

Professory comes from Latin professorius ‘professorial’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprofessorius1‘professorial’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1605professory1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English professory
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1605, Francis Bacon, (please specify |book=1 or 2): “dotations to professory learning”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEprofessoriusWiktionary, English professory‘professorial’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1605professoryWiktionary, English professory. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1605, Francis Bacon, (please specify |book=1 or 2): “dotations to professory learning”

Every English word from Latin professorius

Today it means

adj Of, relating to, or similar to a professor; professorial.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “professory”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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