Where does “deficient” come from?
Deficient comes from Latin deficiens, the present participle of deficere, meaning to fail or fall short, from facere, meaning to make or do.
deficient (English): Lacking something essential; "often construed...
Definitions
- Lacking something essential; "often construed...
Ancestry of “deficient”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | dēficiens | — |
| 2 | Latin | deficere | present active infinitive of dēficiō;... |
| 3 | Latin | defectus | failure; absence; weakness, failing, defect |
| 4 | Latin | deficio | I withdraw; I forsake, desert or abandon; I fail,... |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
Words derived from “deficient”