利益を得ている
解説 Definition
profiting は profit（利益を得る）の現在分詞・動名詞です。商売や投資などから金銭的な利益を得ている状態を表します。
Profiting is the present participle or gerund of profit and means gaining money or another financial advantage from a business, investment, situation, or increase in demand. It commonly appears with from to identify the source of the gain.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
profiting は profit「利益を得る」に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞です。profit は第一音節に強勢があり、末尾の t は重ねず profiting とします。「事業が前進して得る成果」という語源的な流れを思い出し、be profiting from investments のように、利益源を from で示す形ごと覚えましょう。
Profiting comes from profit plus -ing. Keep one t: the stress in profit falls on the first syllable, so the final consonant is not doubled before -ing. Connect the word with a business moving forward and producing a financial gain, reflecting the older idea of progress behind profit. Learn it with the usual pattern “be profiting from”: a company may be profiting from a new service, or investors may be profiting from rising demand. Unlike merely earning revenue, profiting implies obtaining a gain after relevant costs or through a favorable situation.
例文
The company is profiting from its new online service.
その会社は新しいオンラインサービスで利益を得ています。
Small shops are profiting as more tourists visit the town.
観光客が増えたことで、小さな店が利益を得ています。
Investors are profiting from the steady rise in demand.
投資家たちは需要の着実な増加から利益を得ています。
profiting の類義語・関連語
profiting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
語源はラテン語profectus（前進）で、「pro-（前方へ）＋facere（行う）」が語幹です。もとは「進展する」を意味し、事業が前に進むほど得られる成果＝富という連想から「利益を得る」に転じました。同根語にproficient（熟練した）があります。
Profit came through Old French from Latin profectus, “progress, advance, or benefit,” related to proficere, “to make progress or accomplish.” That verb combines pro-, “forward,” with facere, “to make or do.” The sense developed from advancement or beneficial result to financial gain. As a verb, profit means to obtain such a gain. Profiting is formed regularly by adding -ing without doubling the final t.
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