proficio

== Latin == === Etymology === From prō- + faciō (“make, construct”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [proːˈfɪ.ki.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [proˈfiː.t͡ʃi.o] === Verb === prōficiō (present infinitive prōficere, perfect active prō̆fēcī, supine prō̆fectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation to advance, make progress, make headway Synonyms: prōgredior, adorior, prodeo, procedo, adeo, incedo, gradior, succēdō, subeō, ēvehō, aggredior Antonyms: discedo, digredior, facesso, excedo, degredior, deficio, decedo to benefit, profit, take advantage to help, contribute, be useful Synonyms: adiuvō, iuvō, foveō, assistō, expediō, succurrō, prōsum, cōnferō, valeō Antonym: officiō ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== prōfectus proficīscor prōficuus ==== Descendants ==== Asturian: provecer Old French: profit French: profit → English: profit Norman: porfire Spanish: aprovecer Portuguese: aproveitar → Dutch: proficiat → English: proficient === References === “proficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “proficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “proficio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.