Where does “nonperfunctory” come from?
nonperfunctory (English) comes from English perfunctory, from Latin perfunctōrius, from Latin perfungor, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle — that.
nonperfunctory (English): Not perfunctory
Definitions
- Not perfunctory
Ancestry of “nonperfunctory”, step by step
nonperfunctory traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English perfunctory
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | perfunctory | Done only to fulfil a duty, or in a careless or... |
| 2 | Latin | perfunctōrius | careless, negligent |
| 3 | Latin | perfungor | I fulfil, perform, discharge; I undergo, endure |
| 4 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |