English
profiter
From profit + -er.
A compound of profit + -er
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
English profit
Today it means
noun One who profits.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “profiter”. 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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