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Professor

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a university teacher holding the highest academic rank in a field
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Stage 1 of 2
profiteri
Latin · ancient
"to declare publicly"
to declare publicly, from pro- (forth) and fateri (to acknowledge)
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Stage 2 of 2
professor
English · 1300s
"a university teacher of the highest academic rank"
settled as the English word for a teacher of the highest academic rank
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