Where does “perfectness” come from?
Perfectness derives from Middle English -nesse, Old English -nes, Latin perfectus, Latin perficere, and Latin facere, meaning to make or do.
perfectness (English): The quality of being perfect; perfection
Definitions
- The quality of being perfect; perfection
Ancestry of “perfectness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | perfect | Fitting its definition precisely; Having all of... |
| 2 | Middle English | perfit | perfect |
| 3 | Old French | parfit | — |
| 4 | Latin | perfectus | achieved, executed, carried out, finished,... |
| 5 | Latin | perficiō | — |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |