Profit
See also: profit
English edit
Etymology edit
Variant of Proffitt.
Proper noun edit
Profit (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 edit
Etymology edit
16th-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 edit
Noun edit
Profit m (strong, genitive Profites or Profits, plural Profite, diminutive Profitchen n)
Declension edit
Declension of Profit [masculine, strong]