proficere

  • 51proficuo — {{hw}}{{proficuo}}{{/hw}}agg. Utile, giovevole; SIN. Vantaggioso. ETIMOLOGIA: dal lat. tardo proficuus, da proficere ‘giovare’ (comp. di pro ‘avanti’ e facere ‘giovare’) …

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  • 52profitto — {{hw}}{{profitto}}{{/hw}}s. m. 1 Utile, vantaggio, giovamento materiale o spirituale: trarre profitto da una cura | (fig.) Mettere qlco. a –p, utilizzarlo razionalmente; SIN. Frutto, guadagno. 2 (fig.) Progresso in un campo del sapere, in un arte …

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  • 53proficuo — /pro fikwo/ agg. [dal lat. tardo proficuus, der. di proficĕre nel sign. di giovare ]. 1. [che si dimostra di notevole utilità: incontri p. ] ▶◀ conveniente, fruttuoso, (lett.) profittevole, utile, vantaggioso. ◀▶ (non com.) disutile, infruttuoso …

    Enciclopedia Italiana

  • 54proficient — pro|fi|cient [prəˈfıʃənt] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , present participle of proficere to go forward, get something done ] able to do something well or skilfully proficient in/at ▪ Martha s proficient in Swedish. ▪ There s only one… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 55profit — prof|it1 W1S1 [ˈprɔfıt US ˈpra: ] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin profectus, past participle of proficere; PROFICIENT] 1.) [U and C] money that you gain by selling things or doing business, after your costs have been paid ≠ ↑loss… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 56proficiat — pro|fi|ci|at [...tsi̯at] <lat. ; 3. Pers. Sing. Konj. von proficere, vgl. ↑Profit> (veraltet) wohl bekomms!; es möge nützen! …

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  • 57Profit — Pro|fit [auch ... fit] der; [e]s, e <über mniederl. profijt aus (alt)fr. profit »Gewinn«, dies aus lat. profectus »Fortgang; Zunahme; Vorteil«; substantiviertes Part. Perf. von proficere »Fortschritte machen, vorwärts kommen; bewirken,… …

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  • 58profit — [14] Like proficient, profit goes back to Latin prōficere ‘advance, be advantageous’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix prō ‘forward’ and facere ‘do, make’ (source of English fact, fashion, feat, etc). Its past participle prōfectus… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 59Profit — Sm std. (15. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus mndl. profijt, dieses aus frz. profit, dieses aus l. prōfectus Zunahme, Wachstum, Vorteil , dem PPP. von l. prōficere (prōfectum) gewinnen, bewirken, vorwärts kommen , zu l. facere machen und l. prō .… …

    Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • 60proficiency — (n.) 1540s, probably from L. proficientem (nom. proficiens), prp. of proficere accomplish, make progress, be useful, from pro forward (see PRO (Cf. pro )) + root of facere to make (see FACTITIOUS (Cf. factitious)) …

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