professio Latin · revision 8169

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la fateor}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''professiō''' ''f'' (genitive professiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[profiteor]] “to declare publicly” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of an open declaration.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant an open declaration, avowal, as in Cicero, and a formal return made to an official.^(OLD 2012) In Celsus it meant one's avowed calling, profession.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Christian Latin it meant a profession of faith, a creed, and monastic vows.^(Niermeyer 1976) Ecclesiastical Latin uses it for profession, declaration, acknowledgment.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for a public avowal of faith and for registration in a census.^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into Italian ''professione'' and French ''profession'', and gave [[en|profession]] about 1200, first of the vows taken on entering a religious order.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a declaration and a return.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it of a calling.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1200 – English ''profession'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A declaration, avowal.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A formal return (to an official).^(OLD 2012)

+ # A calling, [[m|en|profession]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A profession of faith; monastic [[m|en|vows]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[professionarius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[profiteor]]

+ * [[professor]]

+ * [[en|profession]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}