Masculine

Profit

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pʁoˈfiːt/
Etymology

16th-century borrowing from German Low German profit, borrowed in turn around 1400 from Lower Rhine Middle Dutch profijt, from Old French profit, porfit (“advantage, profit, benefit”), from Latin prōfectus (“progress, growth, knowledge”), from prōficiō (“to advance”).

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