English
profinite
From pro- + finite.
Proto-Indo-European *pér ‘through’
Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘forwards, before’
Proto-Italic *prō ‘in front of, before’
Latin prō ‘in favor of, on behalf of’
English pro-
Latin fīnis ‘boundary’
Latin fīniō ‘to finish’
Latin fīnītus ‘finished, terminated, having been finished or…’
Middle English fynyte
English finite
Today it means
adj Describing certain topological groups formed from finite groups
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “profinite”. 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.
Etymograph / profinite