Where does “perfidiously” come from?
perfidiously (English) comes from English perfidious, from Latin perfidiōsus, from Latin perfidia, from Latin perfidus, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille — that.
perfidiously (English): In a perfidious manner
Definitions
- In a perfidious manner
Ancestry of “perfidiously”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | perfidious | Of, pertaining to, or representing perfidy;... |
| 2 | Latin | perfidiōsus | treacherous, perfidious |
| 3 | Latin | perfidia | faithlessness, dishonesty, treachery, falsehood,... |
| 4 | Latin | perfidus | That breaks his promise; faithless, false,... |
| 5 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 6 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 7 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 8 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 9 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |