Profit
See also: profit
English
editEtymology
editVariant of Proffitt.
Proper noun
editProfit (plural Profits)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Profit is the 17182nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1648 individuals. Profit is most common among Black/African American (66.38%) and White (29.13%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Profit”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
German
editEtymology
edit16th-century borrowing from German Low German profit, borrowed in turn around 1400 from Lower Rhine Middle Dutch profijt, from Old French profit, porfit (“advantage, profit, benefit”), from Latin prōfectus (“progress, growth, knowledge”), from prōficiō (“to advance”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editProfit m (strong, genitive Profites or Profits, plural Profite, diminutive Profitchen n)
Declension
editDeclension of Profit [masculine, strong]
Further reading
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