profession
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin pro- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Italic *fatēōr Latin fateor Latin profiteor Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin professiōnembor. Old French professionbor. Anglo-Norman professiounbor. Middle English professioun English profession From Middle English professioun, from Anglo-Norman professioun, Old French profession (“declaration of faith, religious vows, occupation”), from Latin professiō (“avowal, public declaration”), from the participle stem of profitērī (“to profess”). By surface analysis, profess + -ion.
- derived from professiō
- derived from profession
- derived from professioun
- inherited from professioun
Definitions
A declaration of faith.
- She died only a few years after her profession.
- Rosario was a young novice belonging to the monastery, who in three months intended to make his profession.
A professional occupation.
- My father was a barrister by profession.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at profession. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at profession. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at profession
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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