Where does “microprofile” come from?
microprofile (English) comes from English profile, from French profil, from Italian profilo, from Italian profilare, from Italian filare, from Italian filo, from Latin phylum, from Ancient Greek φῦλον — he, she.
microprofile (English): A profile with microscale accuracy
Definitions
- A profile with microscale accuracy
Ancestry of “microprofile”, step by step
microprofile traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English profile
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | profile | The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object;... |
| 2 | French | profil | profile |
| 3 | Italian | profilo | profile; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Italian | profilare | to outline; to edge; to shape |
| 5 | Italian | filare | to spin; to draw; to pay out |
| 6 | Italian | filo | thread; yarn; string |
| 7 | Latin | phylum | phylum |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | φῦλον | a set of people or other beings; sex; nation,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |