Profit

Variant of Proffitt.

Profit (plural Profits)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Profit is the 17182^nd 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.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Profit”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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”).

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• IPA^(key): /pʁoˈfiːt/, /pʁoˈfɪt/

Profit m (strong, genitive Profites or Profits, plural Profite, diminutive Profitchen n)

1. profit

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