professionalise

verb

make professional or give a professional character to

become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood

Roots

propro- · Latin · forth, publicly faterifess- · Latin · to declare, confess io-ion · Latin · act or state of alis-al · Latin · relating to izein-ise · Greek · to make, cause to become

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Where does professionalise come from?

The word professionalise breaks down into 5 roots of Latin and Greek origin: pro-, from Latin pro (“forth, publicly”); fess, from Latin fateri (“to declare, confess”); -ion, from Latin io (“act or state of”); -al, from Latin alis (“relating to”); and -ise, from Greek izein (“to make, cause to become”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.