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professo.

professed (who has professed or taken vows in a religious order)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/pɾoˈfɛ.su/Brazil/pɾuˈfɛ.su/Portugal

  1. professed (who has professed or taken vows in a religious order)

  2. trained, skilled

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

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 prō- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Italic *fatēōr Latin fateor Latin prōfiteor Latin prŏfessuslbor. Old Galician-Portuguese profeso Portuguese professo Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese profeso, a learned borrowing from Latin prŏfessus, from prōfiteor, from prō- + fateor (“to acknowledge”).

noun/pɾoˈfɛ.su/Brazil/pɾuˈfɛ.su/Portugal

  1. professor (one who has professed or taken vows in a religious order)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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 prō- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Italic *fatēōr Latin fateor Latin prōfiteor Latin prŏfessuslbor. Old Galician-Portuguese profeso Portuguese professo Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese profeso, a learned borrowing from Latin prŏfessus, from prōfiteor, from prō- + fateor (“to acknowledge”).

verb/pɾoˈfɛ.su/Brazil/pɾuˈfɛ.su/Portugal

  1. first-person singular present indicative of professar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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