Where does “perfectivity” come from?
perfectivity (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.
perfectivity (English): The state of being in perfective aspect or the...
Definitions
- The state of being in perfective aspect or the...
Ancestry of “perfectivity”, step by step
perfectivity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English perfective
| 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 | — |