Where does “perfunctorily” come from?
Perfunctorily derives from Middle English -ly added to Latin perfunctor, from Latin fungor meaning "to perform," which traces through Proto-Indo-European roots bʰewg-, līg-, and ḱóm.
perfunctorily (English): In a perfunctory manner, without interest or...
Definitions
- In a perfunctory manner, without interest or...
Ancestry of “perfunctorily”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | perfunctory | Done only to fulfil a duty, or in a careless or... |
| 2 | Latin | perfunctōrius | — |
| 3 | Latin | perfungor | I fulfil, perform, discharge; I undergo, endure |
| 4 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | — |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |