professionalize

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 faterifession- · Latin · declare, confess alis-al · Latin · pertaining to izein-ize · Greek · to make

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Where does professionalize come from?

The word professionalize breaks down into 4 roots of Latin and Greek origin: pro-, from Latin pro (“forth, publicly”); fession, from Latin fateri (“declare, confess”); -al, from Latin alis (“pertaining to”); and -ize, from Greek izein (“to make”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.