Where does “perfectiveness” come from?
perfectiveness (English) comes from English perfective, from English perfect, from Middle English perfit, from Old French parfit, from Latin perfectus, from Latin perficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.
perfectiveness (English): The state or quality of being perfective
Definitions
- The state or quality of being perfective
Ancestry of “perfectiveness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | perfective | of, or relative to, the perfect tense or... |
| 2 | English | perfect | Fitting its definition precisely; Having all of... |
| 3 | Middle English | perfit | perfect |
| 4 | Old French | parfit | — |
| 5 | Latin | perfectus | achieved, executed, carried out, finished,... |
| 6 | Latin | perficiō | to finish, complete |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |