köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek φημί (phēmí) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs)bor. Latin prophētalbor. Old French prophete…
köken: Inherited from Old Spanish propheta, a learned borrowing from Latin prophēta, borrowed from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs), from προ- (pro-, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “to say”) + -της (-tēs, “-er”, masculine agent-noun suffix).
köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese profeta, a learned borrowing from Latin prophēta, borrowed from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs), from προ- (pro-, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “to say”) + -της (-tēs, “-er”, masculine agent-noun suffix).
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian نبی (nabī), from Arabic نَبِيّ (nabiyy), from Aramaic נְבִיָּא (n'ḇiyyā) (absolutive form: נְבִי (n'ḇī)), the root of which is cognate to the Arabic root ن ب ء (n b ʔ). Compare Hebrew נָבִיא (nāḇīʔ).