professor
/pɹəˈfesə/pruh-FEH-sur
/pɹəˈfɛsɚ/pruh-FEH-sur
Meaningone who declares openly
Common meaning: a senior university teacher
- proforward; forth
- fessto own up, admitLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 728 · scan
- oragent ending: the doer, or the device that does it
‘forward’ + ‘to own up, admit’ → professor
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
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin fateor ‘to own up, admit’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry fateor, p. 728 · dictionary scan
Roots
- fateor, fassus Latin “to own up, admit”
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