The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπροφήτης“one who speaks for a god”
- Latin · derived fromprophēta
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromprophete
- Middle English · inherited fromprophete
- English todayprophet
From Middle English prophete, from Anglo-Norman prophete, from Latin prophēta, from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs, “one who speaks for a god”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “to tell”). Displaced native Old English wītga.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.