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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

  1. The state of being in perfective aspect or the...

Ancestry of “perfectivity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishperfectiveof, or relative to, the perfect tense or...
2EnglishperfectFitting its definition precisely; Having all of...
3Middle Englishperfitperfect
4Old Frenchparfit—
5Latinperfectusachieved, executed, carried out, finished,...
6Latinperficiō—
7Latinfaciō—
8Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
9Latin-tōrius—
10Latin-tor-er
11Proto-Italic-tōr—
12Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
13Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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