The story
- Latin · derived fromproficiens
- English todayproficient
From Latin proficiens, present participle of proficere (“to go forward, advance, make progress, succeed, be profitable or useful”), from pro (“forth, forward”) + facere (“to make, do”); see fact.
Words from the same roots
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proficiency
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.