alleryStart learning →Profit and prophet, which sound alike, come ultimately from which languages?
AFrench and German
BOld English and Norse
CLatin and Greek
DArabic and Persian
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Latin and Greek
Profit traces to Latin profectus and prophet to Greek, yet both ended up pronounced alike in English.
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