profitable
/ˈpɹɒfətəbəl/PRAH-fuh-tuh-buhl
/ˈpɹɑfətəbəl/PRAH-fuh-tuh-buhl
Meaningable to give profit
Common meaning: making money
Other meanings: useful
- proforward, forSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 469 · scan
- fitto make; to cause to happenLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 716 · scan
- ableable to be
‘forward, for’ + ‘to make’ → profitable
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Formed in English from profit + -able.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PROFIT, p.469 · scan
Roots
- faciō, fēcī, factum Latin “to make; to cause to happen”
- profectus Latin “progress”
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