Where does “inefficacious” come from?
inefficacious (English) comes from English efficacious, from Old French efficacieux, from Latin efficāx, from Latin efficiō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.
inefficacious (English): Incapable of having the intended consequence; Not...
Definitions
- Incapable of having the intended consequence; Not...
Ancestry of “inefficacious”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | efficacious | Effective; possessing efficacy |
| 2 | Old French | efficacieux | — |
| 3 | Latin | efficāx | efficacious, effectual, powerful, efficient |
| 4 | Latin | efficiō | to make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose |
| 5 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |