The story
- Latin · derived frompro“before”
- Italian · derived fromprofilo“a border”
- French · borrowed fromprofil
- English todayprofile
From French profil, from Italian profilo (“a border”), later also proffilo (“a side-face, profile”), from Latin pro (“before”) + filo (“a line, stroke, thread”), from filum (“a thread”); see file. Doublet of purfle.
Words from the same roots
Latinpro all →
propurportprorateby Joveby Jupiterpro-procumbentpro dominopros and consprothallium
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.