proffer C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈprɑfɚ/ UK /ˈprɒfə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 verb to offer something for acceptance She proffered her hand in greeting. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to offer something for... offertenderextendpresentproposevolunteersubmit ↔ Opposites withdrawwithholdretract Word family Derived forms profferer Related forms offer Etymology AI details From Anglo-French proffrir, from Old French poroffrir, from por- (Latin pro- 'forth') + offrir ('to offer', from Latin offerre 'to present'). pro- Latin offerre Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # proffer **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ˈprɑfɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈprɒfə/ ## Meanings 1. to offer something for acceptance ## Examples - She proffered her hand in greeting. ## Synonyms - offer - tender - extend - present - propose - volunteer - submit ## Antonyms - withdraw - withhold - retract ## Derived Forms - profferer ## Related Forms - offer ## Roots and Affixes - Root: pro- - Root: offerre ## Etymology From Anglo-French proffrir, from Old French poroffrir, from por- (Latin pro- 'forth') + offrir ('to offer', from Latin offerre 'to present'). ## AI Etymology Proffer comes from Anglo-French proffrir, from Old French poroffrir, from por- (Latin pro- 'forth') + offrir ('to offer', from Latin offerre 'to present'). The historical chain includes Latin pro- and Latin offerre. The quoted older senses, "forth", "to offer", and "to present", supply the semantic anchors for proffer. The formation is best read as compound and borrowed: the word proffer carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a verb, "to offer something for acceptance". English derivatives include profferer; related English forms include offer. The result is a verb and noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown