According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, profligate first surfaced in the 1520s and was derived from the Latin word profligatus, which meant "destroyed, ruined, corrupt, abandoned, dissolute".

What is profligate living?

1 : wildly extravagant : very wasteful 2 : abandoned to vice and corruption : shamelessly immoral. Examples: He earned quite a bit of money as a professional athlete, but squandered much of it on his profligate lifestyle. "

What is a profligate person called?

synonyms: prodigal, squanderer. types: scattergood, spend-all, spender, spendthrift. someone who spends money prodigally. waster, wastrel. someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently.