Where does “imperfectament” come from?
imperfectament (Catalan) comes from Catalan imperfecte, from Latin imperfectus, from Latin perfectus, from Latin perficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
imperfectament (Catalan): imperfectly
Definitions
- imperfectly
Ancestry of “imperfectament”, step by step
imperfectament traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan imperfecte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | imperfecte | imperfect |
| 2 | Latin | imperfectus | unfinished, incomplete; imperfect |
| 3 | Latin | perfectus | achieved, executed, carried out, finished,... |
| 4 | Latin | perficiō | to finish, complete |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |