Where does “inefficaciously” come from?
inefficaciously (English) comes from English inefficacious, from English efficacious, from Old French efficacieux, from Latin efficāx, from Latin efficiō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.
inefficaciously (English): Without efficacy or effect
Definitions
- Without efficacy or effect
Ancestry of “inefficaciously”, step by step
inefficaciously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English inefficacious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inefficacious | Incapable of having the intended consequence; Not... |
| 2 | English | efficacious | Effective; possessing efficacy |
| 3 | Old French | efficacieux | — |
| 4 | Latin | efficāx | efficacious, effectual, powerful, efficient |
| 5 | Latin | efficiō | to make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |