profiteor

Latin

verb
Definitions
  • I declare publicly, own (up to) or confess openly, acknowledge, avow, profess.
  • I offer freely, promise.
  • I profess, claim; I declare myself (as), practice (as).
  • I make a show of, show, display.
  • I make a public statement or a return of.

Etymology

Affix from Latin fateor (acknowledge, own) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (speak, shine, say, glow).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰeh₂-

Gloss

speak, shine, say, glow

Concept
Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

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Emoji
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