proffer

Meanings

Noun

  • An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender.
  • An attempt, an essay.

Verb

Origin

  • The noun is derived from Middle English profre, and then:
  • , and from its likely etymon Anglo-Norman profre, proffre, porofre, and
  • partly from the verb.
  • The verb is derived from Late Middle English prouffer, prouffre, Middle English profren, profer, proffere, from Anglo-Norman profrer, proferer, profferer, proffrir, propherer, proufrir, and Old French proferir, proffrir, profrir, variants of Anglo-Norman puroffrir and Middle French poroffrir, paroffrir, Old French poroffrir, paroffrir, porofrir, from por-, pur- + offrir, ofrir (modern French offrir). Offrir is derived from Vulgar Latin *offerīre, from Latin offerre, present active infinitive of offerō (from ob- + ferō (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-)).

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