Where does “imperfect” come from?
Imperfect comes from Middle English imperfit, from Old French imparfit, from Latin imperfectus, from Proto-Italic emperifaktos.
imperfect (English): not perfect; unisexual: having either male or...
Definitions
- not perfect; unisexual: having either male or...
Ancestry of “imperfect”, step by step
imperfect traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English imperfit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | imperfit | — |
| 2 | Old French | imparfit | — |
| 3 | Latin | imperfectus | unfinished, incomplete; imperfect |
| 4 | Latin | perfectus | achieved, executed, carried out, finished,... |
| 5 | Latin | perficiō | to finish, complete |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Romanian în
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | în | in, into, within; in, on, when |
| 2 | Latin | de retro | from behind |
| 3 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 4 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 5 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via Romanian perfect
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | perfect | perfect, flawless; perfectly, completely; perfect... |